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SaLtmMon FISHING.

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. They
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 (é/’'1a’7, see fig. 7) 1s 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.

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’a'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