Sometimes they build a fence at right angles to the shore, and extend it twenty or thirty yards into the stream.

This fence is fish-proof, except in a few places where holes are purposely left.
The natives lie in wait with skiffs and hand-nets and catch the salmon, as they attempt to pass these holes.

I watched a Gilyak taking fish in this way, and think he dipped them up at the rate of two a minute; when the fish are running well a skiff can be filled in a short time.

Sometimes pens of wicker work are fixed to enclose the fish after they pass the holes in the fence.

The salmon in this case has a practical illustration of life in general: easy to get into trouble but difficult to get out of it.
[Illustration: GILYAK MAN.] For catching sturgeon they use a circular net five feet across at the opening, and shaped like a shallow bag.