. Big game shooting in Alaska . ght of dead salmon, and the awful smell arisingtherefrom will soon drive him as far as possible from thespot. The canneries only work for a short time during June,July, and the early part of August. Each spring expeditionsleave San Francisco early in April; big sailing vesselsconveying a staff of men, and materials for making the tincans and packing cases. The men employed are chieflyChinese and Italians, over whom are placed able super- I ALASKA: ITS HI STORY, INDUSTRIES, ETC. 7 intendents. In one cannery at Kussiloff, Cooks Inlet, wherewe remained some time in
. Big game shooting in Alaska . ght of dead salmon, and the awful smell arisingtherefrom will soon drive him as far as possible from thespot. The canneries only work for a short time during June,July, and the early part of August. Each spring expeditionsleave San Francisco early in April; big sailing vesselsconveying a staff of men, and materials for making the tincans and packing cases. The men employed are chieflyChinese and Italians, over whom are placed able super- I ALASKA: ITS HI STORY, INDUSTRIES, ETC. 7 intendents. In one cannery at Kussiloff, Cooks Inlet, wherewe remained some time in August, and which is not by anymeans considered a large one, the catch and pack of salmonduring nine weeks in 1903 was over 45,000 cases. Eachcase contains 48 cans of i lb. each, and as it takes an averageof 13 or 14 of the Alaska red salmon to fill each case, thiswill give an idea of the number of fish captured. Upwardsof 630,000 salmon must have been killed to make up thispack. When packed, the best parts of the fish weighed. Fleet of Native Bidarkies starting to hunt Sea-Otter,Saldovia, July 1903. 964 tons, and as much again in weight may be reckoned forthe rejected offal. The fur - trade is chiefly carried on by the natives,and although the valuable fur-bearing animals are rapidlybecoming scarce, it still constitutes a big industry. Thedays of the sea-otter are numbered; and this valuablefur will soon be a thing of the past in Alaska, Poison andtraps have indeed wrought havoc with many of the speciesof animals along the coast. On certain of the islands fox-ranches have been established ; the owners of which arechiefly white men, who turn down a number of foxes and 8 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. let them breed. During the winter months these are fedby their keepers with cooked meal, dried fish, and seal-meat. When a good stock has been raised, a certainnumber are annually killed for their skins; this beingdone between the end of November and the beginning ofJanuary, wh
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