Note 159 — {358} CHAP. X.[124]

The "Salmon" here spoken of is evidently some form of the widely distributed Salvelinus alpinus (Linn.), several supposed forms of which have been described from different parts of Arctic North America. The ordinary method of taking it on the coast of Hudson Bay is by stretching a net between stakes at low tide at right angles to the shore. The net being immersed at high tide intercepts the fish, which apparently follow the line of the shore. When the tide falls the catch is of course easily retrieved.