Rod and gun . Cormorant on Vancouvei Island. 386 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. An Adult Bird. leng^th and a pound and a lialf in weight,there is another animal which followsthem. This animal is of the two-leggedvariety and is called a Siwash out manner in which he takes these fishis picturesque in the extreme. Imagine yourself speeding along afternightfall near the mouth of one of thesemountain snow-fed rivers, jour canoerippling against the strong ebb tide andthe dark night filled with cries of myriadwild ducks, loons, hair seal and thescreeching, scattering hosts of griebethat your canoes
Rod and gun . Cormorant on Vancouvei Island. 386 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. An Adult Bird. leng^th and a pound and a lialf in weight,there is another animal which followsthem. This animal is of the two-leggedvariety and is called a Siwash out manner in which he takes these fishis picturesque in the extreme. Imagine yourself speeding along afternightfall near the mouth of one of thesemountain snow-fed rivers, jour canoerippling against the strong ebb tide andthe dark night filled with cries of myriadwild ducks, loons, hair seal and thescreeching, scattering hosts of griebethat your canoes passage has a great roaring mass of flame israpidly passing over the flats at theriver mouth. Silhouetted against theglowing mass is the form of an Indian,erect, motionless, with spear poised. Be-hind, in the half gloom, peers the face ofhis ancient klootchman. Her half barearms flash and darken in the flare and theshadow. Now the form of the long warcanoe can be made out. On its bow islaid a rude platform, thickly spread withgravel and sand. On this
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