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kind of fishing is prohibited in the places known 

 to be the haunts of the husos ; a numerous flotilla 

 of boats are in readiness ; every thing is prepared 

 as it were for an important military operation ; all 

 approach in concert, and with regular manoauvres ; 

 the slightest noise is interdicted, so that the most 

 profound silence everywhere prevails. In an in- 

 stant, at a given signal, a universal shout rends 

 the heavens, which echo multiplies on every side. 

 The astonished husos, in the greatest alarm, rush 

 into the nets of every kind prepared to receive 

 them. The huso fishery is of great importance, 

 principally on account of the caviar prepared 

 from the roe of these fishes, and the isinglass 

 made from the air-vessel. The caviar is in de- 

 mand amongst the Russians and Turks, but more 

 particularly among the Greeks. Rev. W. Kir by. 



Fishing in the Baikal. I observed in this 

 neighbourhood the fishermen make use of nets of 

 a singular construction, to catch the fish in the 

 spring, as they come out of the bulrushes, reeds, 

 weeds, &c. &c. They term it Kotsi, or fold, made 

 from the branches of trees that extend over the 

 water. An angle is formed by this means, with 

 the use of osiers or reeds, into a large inclosure, 

 which extends to two chambers ; on entering 

 which, the mouth being so constructed, there is 

 no returning. Pallas' Voyage. 



