. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. prize in goodshape for the summer seasons fishing. Cormorant fishing is generally done by a party of fishermen making upa series of boats, with four men to each boat. The chief or leader of eachstations hijnself in the bow. and has under his management at leasttwelve birds, and sometimes as many as eighteen. The way he and hisfeathered helpers ply tlieir trade is what has given this locality its wide-spread reputation for this j^t^fi^diar employment. Th
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. prize in goodshape for the summer seasons fishing. Cormorant fishing is generally done by a party of fishermen making upa series of boats, with four men to each boat. The chief or leader of eachstations hijnself in the bow. and has under his management at leasttwelve birds, and sometimes as many as eighteen. The way he and hisfeathered helpers ply tlieir trade is what has given this locality its wide-spread reputation for this j^t^fi^diar employment. This man is distin- 458 THE FAR EAST. guished by his hat from a second fisherman in tlio boat, wlio liandles fourbirds. A third person, seated in the stern, tends strictly to navigatingthe boat, while the fourth, seated in the forepart, keeps up an incessantnoise by striking bamboo sticks together, and in siiouting to encouragethe birds. He is called knko, and is quite as indispensable as the others. Each cormoi-ant has had a metal ring placed around its neck, fittingclose enough to prevent it fi-om swallowing the larger fish, and suffi-. FISHING WITH CORMORANTS. ciently loose to allow the small ones to pass down its throat. A sort ofharness is rigged about the body, to lower and lift the cormorant at thewill of its master. This contrivance is somewhat after the style of ashawl-strap, a piece of whalebone answering for the handle on its back,while a stout cord is fastened to this to keep the bird from strajing toofar, and to guide its movements. This is made of spruce fibre, and isusually about a dozen feet in length. The details carefully arranged, the steersman allows the boat to driftdown the river, its course lighted by rows of torches on each side, for
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