. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Among the Thousand Islands. 593. si'iAKisr. IN i:ki. hay. " Hurrah ! a twcnty-iJoundcr'" In the cirly sprinj^, when the shallows of Eel Hay or other sheets of water ot the same kind become free from ice, the wat('r, not being dee[), l^ecomes warm much more ([uickly than elsewhere, and here the half-frozen fish cong'regate in ^n'eat cjuantities. The pro- fessional fisherman in the bow of the boat holds a spear, in shape like a
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Among the Thousand Islands. 593. si'iAKisr. IN i:ki. hay. " Hurrah ! a twcnty-iJoundcr'" In the cirly sprinj^, when the shallows of Eel Hay or other sheets of water ot the same kind become free from ice, the wat('r, not being dee[), l^ecomes warm much more ([uickly than elsewhere, and here the half-frozen fish cong'regate in ^n'eat cjuantities. The pro- fessional fisherman in the bow of the boat holds a spear, in shape like a trident, but with an alternate sharp iron pron^- between each barbed shaft, the whole fixed upon a lon^, firm handle. Imme- diately upon seeing a fish, he darts this gig at him, fixing the barb so effectually in his victim that to strike is to capture him. The weapon used is calked a jaw-spear, from its peculiar form, being a jaw-shaped piece of wood, with a sharp iron barli firmly fixed in the angle, against which the eels nre forced and pinned fast until they are safely landed in the boat. I'^el-spearing is generally |)ur- '38 ' I, \ t 1 ! !â r r ) 'i 1 t ;i I I % Ml. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
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