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TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSl'lTUTE. 



[Vol. IV. 



The diagram fig. yy gives a longitudinal section of this fishing con- 

 trivance, which, after the details furnished above, hardly needs a word of 

 explai;ation. It suffices to follow the smaller arrows of the figure to 

 understand the movements and account for the capture of the fish. Let 

 me simply add that all the component parts of this trap are originally 

 distinct and separate. They are merely kept in their proper place by 

 means of willow bark wattlings.* 



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Fig- 77- 



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Less complicated than any of the preceding fish-traps is the t/ie-sKai 

 (laid down on the bottom), which is also of latticed work and whose 

 general appearance cannot be better described than by comparing it to a 

 coffin (fig. 78). Its catching device consists of a sort of trap-door 

 attached on the inside to the top of one end and slanting down until it 

 almost touches the bottom of the box-like apparatus. This door is so 

 arranged that it slightly yields up to pressure from the fish and shuts 

 down on it once it has entered. The th6s-Kai is used in shallow streams 

 only. 



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Fig. 78. 



A sixth method of salmon fishing which is likewise practicable in a few 

 localities only is that wherewith a t9-sKai,-\ or pot hanger basket has to 

 be employed. ''In some places where the stream contracts to an 

 insignificant width and, in escaping from its rocky embankment, produces 

 a fall deep enough to temporarily impede the salmon's course upwards,. 



* In the accompanying diagrams, the smaller or inner arrows show the course of the fish, while 

 the larger ones point to the direction of the current. 



t A contraction for /o-PsKai, " it (a recipient) stands up." 



