Rod and gun . inally one would get histail feathers into the salt water and leanforward to balance. All would followsuit, the log would turn over in the surfand the half dried birds spatter along overthe surface, mounting at length into theair. An examination discloses the fact that do I know of such perfectly colored, ex-quisitely soft webs. This is the bird which the Chinesefisherman use to catch fish. The naturalhabits of the bird, hunger-driven, makesit seek its regular prey, but the wilyChinaman puts a ring around the neckof the cormorant so that it cannot swal-low the fish it catches. No
Rod and gun . inally one would get histail feathers into the salt water and leanforward to balance. All would followsuit, the log would turn over in the surfand the half dried birds spatter along overthe surface, mounting at length into theair. An examination discloses the fact that do I know of such perfectly colored, ex-quisitely soft webs. This is the bird which the Chinesefisherman use to catch fish. The naturalhabits of the bird, hunger-driven, makesit seek its regular prey, but the wilyChinaman puts a ring around the neckof the cormorant so that it cannot swal-low the fish it catches. Not until it hascaught enough to satisfy the Chinamanis it rewarded with a small part of the 388 ROD AND GUN IX CANADA catch. Travellers in the Orient tell methe custom is falling into all of the Chinamen haveturned into British Columbia cooks have come across many who confirm thetales I have heard of the native tribeseating this bird. I have seen them eat-ing of the grisly tentacles of the De^ il. ^- Ita Wings. — who amongst us can tell? Fish, but it is sweet and clean in com- There is no accounting for tastes, but parison to the malodorous cormorant. even the Chinamen refuse to eat this These birds breed largely along this awful bird. Xot so the Coast Indian. I coast, usually on the ledges along the IN THE WOODS 389 shore, or on trees that overhang- the wa-ter. Of enemies it seems to have fish-fed flesh no doubt protects itfrom all save Indians. Its notes match its odor. I am abus-ing the poor bird at great length but ifyou walk along or paddle along theseshores after nightfall and dislodge athing that grunts, as does a hog, thegrunting being accompanied by a sort ofuncanny snore or snort, followed by itsflapping away from you into the thickdarkness, complaining in all the weirdtones at its command, you will agreewith me that it is not a companionablething. Again it has a peculiar way of sudden-ly emerging near your decoys with onlyits long, blac
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