. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FROM RED LAKE TO RAINY RIVER ool. FOREST PATROLMAN SMITH WHO KNOWS THE UPPER LAKE COUNTRY. Red Lake has no muscallonge but is well supplied with white fish, pike and other food tishes. The fishing industry has not been developed. Perhaps this is well since it will now be possible owing to an interest in conservation, to provide for proper supervision of the fisheries when they are developed to see that favorable conditions are main- tained for the reproduction of the fish and continuance of the industry. It would be much more sensible for the governme
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FROM RED LAKE TO RAINY RIVER ool. FOREST PATROLMAN SMITH WHO KNOWS THE UPPER LAKE COUNTRY. Red Lake has no muscallonge but is well supplied with white fish, pike and other food tishes. The fishing industry has not been developed. Perhaps this is well since it will now be possible owing to an interest in conservation, to provide for proper supervision of the fisheries when they are developed to see that favorable conditions are main- tained for the reproduction of the fish and continuance of the industry. It would be much more sensible for the government to encourage a conservative development of the fisheries of Red Lake and thus lead the 1,200 Indians living on its shores to become self- supporting through a line of work for which they are suited than to spend vmtold sums trying to make farmers of them. The fish of Red Lake are worth far more to the Indians, if the government only thought so, than all the pine on the reservation and all the land whicli may ever be allotted to them. The present Reservation includes the coun- try on the south and west sides of the lake, together with the pine covered peninsular and embraces about 400,000 acres. At the time we were "mushing" across the broad expanse of the upper lake the snow-shoe rabbit was migrat- ing, and hundreds of the little creatures were out on the crusted snow of the lake. Evidently during these migra- tions they are not in the habit of turn- ing aside for lakes even if, as in this case, they could not possibly see the farther shore. The distance across was more than one night's march for rabbits and they were accordingly compelled to squat on the snow and makes themselves as inconspicuous as the conditions per- mitted with nothing to hide behind. Owls of various kinds were abundant along the north shore of the lake and there were numerous evidences of where they had made meals of the un- fortunate rabbits. No doubt that shore is an excellent hunting ground
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