. Rod and gun. § Salesroom32 Warren St. Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA jt^.*«^^ DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. One Dollar Per Annum. MONTREAL. NOVEMBER, )90l. Single Copies Ten Cents. EXPLORATION IN NORTHWESTERNCANADA. B> H. G. Tyrrell. ^Ctmtiniied from our Octolwr issue.)Six miles further down the river i?; Todds Crossing, asiimll half-breed settleiueut of some half-dozen families, all ofwhom depend for a livelihood on tishing. The method the^fepeople have of catching fish seemed to me very cruel andinhuman. Twolines of closelyset s
. Rod and gun. § Salesroom32 Warren St. Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA jt^.*«^^ DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. One Dollar Per Annum. MONTREAL. NOVEMBER, )90l. Single Copies Ten Cents. EXPLORATION IN NORTHWESTERNCANADA. B> H. G. Tyrrell. ^Ctmtiniied from our Octolwr issue.)Six miles further down the river i?; Todds Crossing, asiimll half-breed settleiueut of some half-dozen families, all ofwhom depend for a livelihood on tishing. The method the^fepeople have of catching fish seemed to me very cruel andinhuman. Twolines of closelyset stakes aredriven into theriver bottom,forming twosides of the let-ter ^, vertexd o w n of thesesides is madelonger than theother, so thatthe point can bemore easilyreadied f r o nishore. At theai)ex is a gap ofthree or fourfeet in width,and about twofeet deep,around which,on the d o w nstream side, isworked a bas-ket of willowboughs. Toguide the fish into the trap an inclined plane of poles is place
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