A shooting trip to Kamchatka . ^0^^\ A SALMON IKAI. krasnaia refused all our inducements, though thatday we witnessed an uncommonly large run of them,[producing a regular upstream wave. Some of thefishermen took us in the afternoon to see theircontrivances for catching fish, an art in which ne-cessities of life have caused them to excel. Rows SALMON FISHERY i6r of inclined birch stakes are fixed across the streamfrom one bank to the other, leaving but a narrowopening at one of the ends for the free passage ofcanoes. Attached to these poles, a little below thesurface of the water, and a few yar
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . ^0^^\ A SALMON IKAI. krasnaia refused all our inducements, though thatday we witnessed an uncommonly large run of them,[producing a regular upstream wave. Some of thefishermen took us in the afternoon to see theircontrivances for catching fish, an art in which ne-cessities of life have caused them to excel. Rows SALMON FISHERY i6r of inclined birch stakes are fixed across the streamfrom one bank to the other, leaving but a narrowopening at one of the ends for the free passage ofcanoes. Attached to these poles, a little below thesurface of the water, and a few yards apart, are. CLEANING SALMON. placed two or three long wicker baskets, accord-ing to the width of the river. The fish which comeup are unable to proceed on account of the stakes ;they then make their way through the gaps leadinginto these baskets, out of which inward turned spikesprevent them from escaping. When the natives go u l62 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA to collect their catch, they lift part of the basketout of water and secure the fish with iron-edged gaffsthrough a small door at the top. As soon as this
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