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pouch the fishes collect, and are taken out by the 

 fishermen when the box is drawn. 



Gent. Mag. p. 11, 1822. 



Greenlanders' Fishing Tackle. Among the 

 fishing tackle peculiar to the Greenlanders, their 

 lines of whalebone are especially remarkable ; they 

 consist of whalebone split very fine, which are tied 

 together, and often two hundred fathoms in length, 

 and even longer : these lines are used in fishing 

 on the ice, to catch a kind of hollibut, which is 

 found only iu the Greenland seas. The Green- 

 landers spear salmon and salmon-trout with a 

 shaft, to which two bone or iron shafts are fast- 

 ened. 



Catching the Gymnotus.This animal is a na- 

 tive of South America, and abounds in small 

 streams in the vicinity of Calobozo, and in ponds, 

 from the equator to the ninth degree of north lati- 

 tude. Humboldt gives a very spirited account of 

 the manner of taking this animal, which is done 

 by compelling wild horses and mules to take the 

 water ; the Indians surround the bason into which 

 they are driven, armed with long canes, or har- 

 poons ; some mount the trees whose branches 

 hang over the water ; all endeavouring, by their 

 cries and instruments, to keep the horses from 

 escaping : for a long time the victory seems 

 doubtful, or to incline to the fishes. The mules, 



