568 REPORT—1890. 4 
Satmon FisHina. 
Every gens has its own fishing-ground. The chief of the gens will 
invite a number of families to help him catch salmon, and in return he 
feeds them during the fishing season. Shortly before the fishing season 
opens they collect bark, dry it, and make nets out of it. At the same time 
strong ropes of cedar-twigs are made with a noose at one end. The 
are fastened to heavy stones, which are to serve as anchors for the fishing- 
boats. Two such anchors are prepared and finally thrown into the water 
at the fishing-ground. The upper end of the rope is fastened to a buoy. 
When the men go out fishing a fishing-boat (¢l’la’i, see fig. 7) is fastened 
to each anchor and a net stretched between the two boats. When the 
net is full, one boat slackens the rope by which it is tied to the buoy and 
approaches the other, the net being hauled in at the same time. The 
fishing village is arranged in the following way (fig. 9). The centre is 
Fig. 9.—Fishing Village. 
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1. House of owner of fishing district. 2. Houses of fishermen (shape and 
number not known). 3. Squlaa’/utq. 4. Ditches for roasting salmon. 
formed by the scaffold for drying salmon (squlad'utq). It consists of 
two pairs of uprights carrying a cross-beam each, which support the long 
heavy beams on which the salmon are dried. These are cut off close to 
the supports nearest the sea, while at the other end their length is dif- 
ferent, according to the size of the trees which were used in the construc- 
tion. The house of the owner of the fishing-ground stands behind the 
scaffold. On both sides of the latter there are a number of huts. The 
crew of one boat lives on one side, that of the other on the other side. The 
owner appoints a chief fisherman (kwn’d'liin), who receives in payment the 
catch of two days and a few blankets. His hat is trimmed with fringes 
of mountain-goat wool. He divides the fishermen into two crews. On 
