290 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



placed in the bow of the canoe, which at- 

 tracted the salmon to the light. As the 

 fish approached the glare on the surface 

 of the water, the Indians called to us and 

 pointed to the spot where they were, but 

 we could not perceive any object, excepting 

 on two occasions ; and it frequently hap- 

 pened, as we were straining our eyeballs in 

 our endeavours to discover a fish, a splash 

 would announce that a spear had pene- 

 trated a salmon, and in a trice it was to be 

 seen quivering in the boat. 



On returning after our nocturnal excur- 

 sion, we found a blazing fire and red-hot 

 embers at the door, or rather entrance, 

 of the wigwam appropriated to our use. 

 A salmon of nearly twenty pounds, having 

 been previously gutted and cleaned, was 

 swaddled in some leaves and placed over 

 the embers on a kind of spit, to which it 

 was attached, and roasted with the scales 

 on. These and the skin were peeled off 



