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fish is entangled, whereupon the net is hauled i in and 
the prize secured. 
California Indians catching salmon. 
When a sturgeon is caught, the spinal marrow, 
which is considered a delicacy, is drawn out whole, 
through a cut made in the back, and devoured raw, 
with a rapidity quite startling to one not aware of the 
strength of an Indian’s stomach. 
The spear is a very ingenious and athoteiv con- 
trivance. When thrown into a fish, the head, which 
is of bone with a line attached towards the point, 
detaches itself from the pole, which serves as a drag 
to weary out the fish. As soon as the pole can be 
seized, nothing remains but to haul the prey in. 
The men either go naked or wear a simple breech- 
cloth. The women wear a cloth or strips of leather 
around their loins. A basket pointed at the lower 
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