224 My Dogs in the Northland 



ing as we did all winter principally upon the 

 fish caught the previous October or Novem- 

 ber and kept frozen for several months, 

 hung up in the open air, we were naturally 

 pleased to get fresh ones out of the open 

 water in the spring. Martin had so ar- 

 ranged his net by fastening a couple of ropes 

 about sixty feet long, one at each end, that 

 when it was securely fastened at each side 

 of the stream, it was carried out into this 

 open delta-like space by the force of the cur- 

 rent, and there hung like the capital letter 

 U. The upper side of this net was kept in 

 position by light wood floats, while medium- 

 sized stones as sinkers steadied it below. 

 Every morning Papanekis took a basket, 

 and followed by all the dogs of the kennels, 

 visited his net. Placed in the manner we 

 have described, it required no canoe or 

 boat in order to overhaul and take from 

 it the fish there caught. All he had to 

 do was to seize hold of the rope at the end 

 fastened on the shore and draw it toward 

 him. As he kept pulling in, the deep bend 

 in it gradually straightened out until the 

 net was reached. His work was now to se- 

 cure the fish as he gradually drew in the net 

 and coiled it at his feet. The width of the 



