Note 6 — Chapter XLVI · THE GILYAKS.

In places I saw square pens of wicker-work fixed, to enclose the fish after they pass the holes in the fence. For catching sturgeon they use a circular net, of 5-feet diameter, and shaped like a shallow bag. One part of the mouth is fitted with corks, and the opposite with weights of lead or iron. Two canoes in mid-stream hold this net vertically between them across the current. The sturgeon descending the river enter the trap, and the fishermen divide the “net proceeds.”