144 FISH HARVESTING. 
belt of wampum, completed the costume of my 
coxswain. 
The canoe was what is commonly called 
a ‘dug-out,’ that is, made from a solid log of 
wood. Coiled round the sharp bow of the 
canoe, like a huge snake, was a strong line about 
sixty fathoms in length, made from the inner 
bark of the cypress, neatly twisted. Lying 
along each side, extending far beyond both bow 
and stern, were two light spear-hafts, about sixty 
feet long ; whilst stowed away in the bow were a 
dozen shorter spears, one end being barbed, the 
other constructed to fit on the longer spear, but 
so contrived that the spearman can readily detach 
it by a skilful jerk. Tied lightly to the centre 
of each of the smaller spears was a bladder made 
from sealskin, blown full of air, the line attach- 
ing it being about three fathoms in length. 
I had hardly completed my investigation of 
the canoe, its crew, and contents, when, to my 
intense astonishment, the’ four Indians lifted me, 
as they would a bale of fur, or a barrel of pork, 
and without a word deposited me in the bottom 
of the canoe, where I was enjoined to sit, much 
in the same position enforced on a culprit in the 
parish stocks. I may mention, incidentally, that 
a canoe is not half as enjoyable as poets and 
