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and I herewith present the secret to future anglers in 

 British Columbia, although it includes no special 

 originality of device. A lead of about 71b. weight, or 

 so heavy that no ordinary fishing-rod could have 

 supported it, was fastened to the line at a distance of 

 three yards from the bait. The line itself was an 

 exceedingly thick, strong, black article, resembling, 

 but not actually consisting of, the kelp or bladder- 

 weed lines used by Indians farther north, and was 

 sixty or seventy yards in length. At the extremity 

 was a single large, strong hook, and attached by 

 another short line six inches in length was a spoon- 

 shaped piece of bright metal of moderate size, sus- 

 pended so as to fall just short of the hook without 

 overlapping it, and with a strong swivel. In Swiss 

 lakes and some deep lakes in the Eocky Mountains 

 large lake trout are captured in a somewhat similar 

 manner. In exchange for a plateful of tea and one of 

 sugar both the fish became mine, and fatter or more 

 luscious salmon never passed the lips of tired voyagers. 

 The place was, of course, infested with a hungry 

 score of the usual type of Indian dog, which is not 

 usually found, however, where there are any white 

 settlers. In this case the Indian is obliged to keep a 

 more stylish or high-toned class of dog. The white 

 man finds the Indian dog with his queer ways insup- 

 portable. Here we found ourselves besieged by 

 quarrelsome, yellow, deformed, wolf-like creatures, as 

 impudent as Pariahs, and as cunning as the dogs of 

 Turkey. 



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