CARRYING A SALMON 319 



fact that the loss of so little blood as usually flows 

 should cause so great a discrepancy in the weight. 

 The most convenient way of carrying a salmon 

 is to make a slip-knot at the end of a piece of 

 cord and pass it over the tail (the wrist) of the 

 fish ; the other end is then run through the 

 mouth and out at the gills, or through a slit made 

 in the under jaws. The head and tail can thus 

 be drawn nearly together. 



