MURDOCH.] 



FISHING-TACKLE. 



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When at the rivers in the autumn and early spring, they fish for burbot, 

 with a line carrying a peculiar large hook called iukqlun, which is baited 

 with a piece of whitefish. There are two forms of this hook, 

 which is from 3 to 5^ inches long. One form differs in size only 

 from the small ni ksln, but is always of white ivory and not 

 beaded (Fig. 209, Xo. 89550 [780] from Utkiavwtn, which is 4i 

 inches long and has a copper hook). The hook is of copper, 

 brass or iron. The other form, which is perhaps the commoner, 

 has a narrow flat body, slightly bent, and serrated on the edges 

 to give a firm attachment to the bait. This body is usually of 

 antler, and has a copper or iron hook either spur- 

 shaped or of the common form as in Fig. 270, Xo. FI. 270. 

 8955, i [704] from Utkiavwlfi, which has a body of l \&quot; 2^ t 

 walrus ivory 4 inches long and a copper hook. Of 2&amp;lt;i pattern. 

 late years, small cod hooks obtained from the ships have 

 been adapted to these bodies, as is seen in Fig. 271, Xo. 89552 

 [841] from Utkiavwlfi. The shank of the hook 

 has been half imbedded in a longitudinal groove 

 on the flatter side of the body, with the bend of 

 the hook projecting about ^ inch beyond the tip 

 of the latter. The ring of the hook has been 

 bent open and the end sunk into the body. The 

 hook is held on by two lashings of sinew, one at 

 each end of the shank. 



Xo. 50594 [32] from Utkiavwlfi is like the pre 

 ceding, but has a larger hook, which from the 

 bend to the point is wrapped in a piece of deer 

 skin with the flesh side out, and wound with 

 sinew having a tuft of hair at the point of the 

 i.uiook, ist hook. This is probably to hide the point when 

 &amp;gt;&quot;&quot;&quot; &quot; the hook is baited. Xo. 50594 [I07| from I tki- 

 avwlii, has the hook fastened to the back of the body in 

 stead of the flat side. The manner in which these hooks 

 are baited is shown in Fig. 272, which represents a complete ri j 1 ^ 1 -~ l! &quot; ri) &quot; t 

 set of burbot tackle (Xo. 89540 [940]) brought in and sold by e.i iio.,k - . 

 some Utkiavwlfi natives, just as they had been using it in the autumn 

 of 1882 at Kuaru or Kulugrua. A piece of whitetish, flesh and skin, 



FIG. 272. Burbot tackle, baited. 



with the scales removed is wrapped round the hook so as to make a club- 

 shaped body 4 inches long and is sewed up along one side with cotton 

 twine. The copper spur projects through the skin on the other side. 



