3R-Ki».rn.l ICK FISIIINC;. "283 



Isr of Fcliruai-y. ami .■(.ntiimcs when riir ii-c is lavoralilc inilil the season 

 issofaiadvaiR-cil rlial llic ice has Ik-iiii to incll ami Im-.-oiiic roltrn. 'I'lir 

 tisli aiv .-spocially t.. l.r loinnl in plarrs wliciv IIhto is a -oo,l si/,,-,| 



tiold of til.- season's ice. :; or 1 f.M't tliirlv, in.-l,.s,.l liy hnnn -l^s. ami 



tlH'ysoMictiinos.ic-ni- in very -ivat nnnil.rrs. in 1 SS- ili.av u as a iai-v 

 ti(.l<l ottliis kind alioul L' miles IV(,m lli.' villa-v ami llir lisliin- was 

 can-icl on with .uioat sm-crss. hut in iss;i ih,. i,-c was so much l.n.ki-n 

 that the (isli wciv vriA scarrr. S,,mc lads .■au-hl a lew early in the 

 season, l.ut the fisheiy was soon aliandoned. 



A hole ahout a foot in diametei- is made tliron^h ilie iee with an iee 

 piek. and the tVa-ments dipiied onl either with the Ion- handled whah- 

 l.mie scoop, or the little dipi-er made of two pieces of antlef monnted 

 on a hamlle abont 2 feet Ion-, which eNefy'.iody canies in the wintef. 

 The line is unreeled and let down fhrou-h tlie hole till the ji-s han- 

 a!)out a foot fnun the l...ttoin. The tishcrnian holds in his left hand the 

 (lil)per above mentioned, with which he keeps t'ae hole clcMf of the ice 



crystals, whii-h form very .piickly. and in hi. riuht the reel which he 

 jerkscontiuually 111. and down. The lisli. attia. 'ted l.y the whit, > ••Jiu.^ers.-- 

 beiiin iiosinu- aroiin.l them, when the upward jerk of tli.' line hooks one 

 of them in the under Jaw or th.' belly. .\s soon as the hshennan fe.'ls 

 the tish. he cateiies a bi.i;ht of tile line with th.- s.-oop in his 1,-ft haml 

 ami draws it o\.-r \« tin- left : th.-ii .-atelH-s tin- lim- b.-low this with tln- 

 n-.-l ami draws it ov.-r t.. tin- ri-lit. and s,, on. thus re.-lin- tin- lim- ill. 

 in h.ii.^ hanks on tli.-s,- tw.. sticks, without tom-hiui;- th.- w.-t lim- with 

 his <in,n,-rs. 



When the tish is broii-htt,. tin- sitrfm-i- of th.- i.-.-.h.- is .l,-tach.-.l from 

 th.- harhh-ss in.ok with a .h-xtroiisj.-rk. ami almost instantly fr.-ez.-s soli.l. 

 Tlie .-lastii- whal.-b,.m- lim- is tlir..wii ..tf th.- sti.-k without kinking ami 

 l.-t.lown a'.;aiii through th.- hoi.-. Wli.-ii tish ar.- ph-ntifiil.th.-y an- caught 

 as fast as tht-y can b.- liauie.l up. soim-times ..tie on each •■Jigger." If 

 th,- lisherman linds no tish at the tirst h,.h- he moves to aii,.th,-r part <.f 

 tlie li,-hl ami tries again until he suc,-,-,-,ls in ••striking a, scli,.,.l." Tiie 

 lish vary in abnmlam-,- ,.ii ,lilf.-r,-nt ,lays. b,-iiig som,-times so pl,-ntiful 

 that 1 hav,- kiM.wii two or thr.-.- .-hihln-ii t,. .-atili a Imshol in a f.-w h.mrs, 

 whil,- soim- days v.-ry f,-u an- to 1.,- taken. In a.hlirhui to the ix.lar 

 c,.d. a f.-w s,-ulpin> -an- ais., .-aught. ami ...•.ashuially the two spe,-i,-s of 

 Lv,-,.d,-s (L. turm-rii ami ,-..,-,-in,-us, wlii.-h voia.-u.iis lish sometiim-s s,-t/e 

 th,. litth- polar .-..,1 struggling ,.n tlu- -.iigg.'r" ami are thus .-aught 

 th,-nis,-lv.-s This hsh.-rv is ,-hi,-tlv .-arri.-.l -.n by the w..m,-ii, .-hihlren. 

 ami ol.l in,'n. who u',. ,>iit in parti.-s ..f li\.- ..r six. th,>ugh th,- liunt(-rs 

 soin,-tiin.-s -,. tishing wli.-ii th.-y hav.- nothing .ds.- to do. Tli,-r.- were 

 g.-m-rally thirty or torty i..-..plc ..ut at th.- tishing gnmml .-v,-ry ,hiy u. 



.Iio...ers,.ffliis patt.-ni app.-ar t,. b.- us.-,l at I'ith-kaj. tr,.m >,mlemls- 

 kiokl's (U-.scnptu.ii,' but 1 have seen n.. a,-,-,miit ,-i tlier there or e ls.- where 



'Vega, vol. 2. p. 11" 



