E._ ACCESSORIES TO FISHING. 



VII— DECOYS AND DISGUISES. 



22. Natural and artificial baits. 



(See above under modern hooks, decorated.) 



23. Decoys. 



sight decoys. 



FISH-LURES. 



Lure-fishes. 



Used in fishing through the ice for pickerel. These lure-fishes are 

 used to decoy large fish under holes in the ice so that they may 

 be within reach of the spear. William Morris, Lake City, Mich. 

 29,294. 



Lure-fish. 



Used in fishing through the ice for salmon-trout. D. H. Fitzhugh, 

 Bay City, Mich. 29,366. 



Fish-lures. 



Attractive artificial baits ; wood, with small stone sinkers ; used for 

 the capture of various kinds of fish. Indian name, " Mark-te- 

 waddi." Made by a Makah Indian at Neab Bay. (Large), 

 length, 13£ inches, 72,646. (Small), length, 8 inches, 72.647. 

 Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Are 

 thrust into the water by means of a fish-spear, and rise to the 

 surface with gyratory motions, attracting the fish from all di- 

 rections, at which time the Indian either spears the fish or takes 

 them with baited hooks. Common to the Indians of the North- 

 west coast. 



TORCHES. 



Birch-bark. 



Used for torchlight fishing. Passamaquoddy Indians. Eastport, 

 Me. 12,107. Gift of Dr. E. Palmer. 



Torch-dragon. 



An open-work basket of hoop-iron, having an iron handle 2 feet 10 

 inches long, which is attached to a wooden handle 3£ feet in 

 length. Basket 18 inches long, 22 inches wide. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1883. 57,879. U. S. Fish Commission. In this a fire or 

 blaze is built when torching sperling (small herring). The 

 dragon is fastened to the bow of a boat — the basket with the 

 blaze projecting — which is rowed swiftly to attract the fish 

 that gather in the light end and are scooped in. 



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