But in the fall the take is very great in both lakes, and stages were seen in all directions where the fish are hung up by their tails, very tempting to the hungry dogs, but beyond their reach until the crows attack them.

The former keep a watchful eye on this process, and when the crows have eaten off the tails, which they invariably attack first, the dogs seize the fish as they drop.

When this performance becomes serious, however, the fish are generally removed to stores.
One night, after an excellent dinner at Mr.Weaver's, that grateful rarity with us, we adjourned to a ball or "break-down," given in our honour by the local community.

It took place in a building put up by a Mr.George, an English catechist of the Mission; a solid structure of logs of some length, the roof poles being visible above the peeled beams.

On one of these five or six candles were alight, fastened to it by simply sticking them into some melted tallow.
There were two fiddlers and a crowd of half-breeds, of elders, youths, girls and matrons, the latter squatting on the floor with their babes in moss-bags, dividing the delights of the evening between nursing and dancing, both of which were conducted with the utmost propriety.