FISHING. 169 



sneaking about, trying by hook or crook 

 to steal a fish. 



But this is not the only way that the 

 Eskimo boys and girls have of catching 

 fish. In the spring of their year, about 

 the middle of our summer time, when 

 the ice is breaking up and running out 

 of their rivers, they catch fish in great 

 quantities at the rapids in the rivers, 

 and store them away for use in the 

 winter. For this purpose they use a 

 curious spiked and barbed fish-spear, 

 which is shown in the illustration on 

 page 167. 



When the fish are very numerous, the 

 men and women, as well as the boys and 

 girls, manage to get a footing on some 

 rock in the rapids, where they can stand 

 easily, and, as the fish rush by, they im- 

 pale them on these spears until great 



