RIO GRANDE INDIAN FISH TRAPS 



Fish traps are made according to a widespread 

 fashion. Two converging walls of brnsh that point 

 downstream are built. At the center is an opening 

 where a log is placed to form a waterfall. Below 

 this waterfall is a willow mat which is carefully 

 screened in from the side. The fish are swept out 

 towards the end of this mat, which is above water, 

 and are unable to go back over the little waterfall. 



Large fish-nets are made by communal labor 

 out of the liber of Indian hemp and the wide- 

 leaved yucca. Each man makes his piece of net 

 and brings it to a meeting. There the different 

 pieces are patched together to form a large seine. 

 The mesh is made even by the use of a flat stick 

 over which the tying is done. Stones are used for 

 sinkers and gourds for floaters. 



The throwing of the net is a communal enter- 

 prise and the whole village profits by it. The 

 governor of the pueblo has charge, and before the 

 event comes off either he or the war captain goes 

 to the river bank and throws in an offering of 

 cornmeal to placate the river spirit. After the 

 fish have been eaten, many Indians throw the 

 bones back to the river, believing they will again 

 become fish. Others throw the vertebra? on ant 

 hills so the ants will clean them nicely and they 

 can be used as beads. h. J. SPINDEN 



New York, N. Y. 



EGG-LAYING OF THE LOGGERHEAD 

 TURTLE. 



At Cape Lookout, in North Carolina, on July 

 27, 1913, at about midnight, my captain, with one 

 of the other members of my crew, noticed the fresh 

 tracks of a turtle, and upon following them for a 

 short distance, came upon a very large loggerhead 



