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A SALMON-SPEAR. 



in the waves ; and all, armed with spears, strike death to 

 the salmon as the latter attempt to leap, or fall back in 

 the water. It is a continual massacre. 



XDIANS SPEAKING SALMOV. 



The spear of which these Indians make use is singularly 

 constructed. It is armed with a fragment of eland's 

 horn, perfectly straight, and about seven inches long, to 

 the point of which an artificial barb is attached with 

 some well-gummed thread. The iron is fastened by a 

 stout rope, some inches long, to a great willow pole. If 

 the fisher's aim be good, the lance-head frequently tra- 

 verses the body of the fish. He afterwards detaches it 

 easily, and leaves the salmon struggling with the rope in 

 its body, while the fisherman grasps the pole. But for 



