The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24
TIE S6oRY Of PGG TFE Do2GES IN TFE W0R1D
Odd Gives Some of Them Eead and Curious Customs They Fave

the largest and most luscious blackherries
w We 1a spent the rest OF the day exploring
and. upon rowing back 20 the waterfall =
most surprising picture awaited us. .t
was nothing less than the water which u.
had seen pouring out or the lake ..
stated had turned itself upside down.
Inside out. as you please, and was poura-
back into the lake. Inc uIe, as ".
learned afterward. rises fuzzy thirty fe..
and when We went In ~ was low tide. with
the water as said. falling about ttt...
feet outward; when we returned the L.I.
had risen so rapidly thdt IL lad reached
a height much above the ordinary love.
OF the lake and In forcing itself throg-s
the narrow passage It's advdnCe Va iH.
peded in consequences or which Er.H.
rapids were formed which poured ba.l
into the lake.
irpon our arrival again at the village wa
were told that twice day az slack W..
ter there Is a time less than q mlnut.
duration when n boat may shoot thruIe
the narrow OPENING but should the tar.
boatman delay for a moment. as slf'
have occasionally done. his boat would
torn 10 fragments and he be left tu o..
tender mercies OF the current. / learug
however. that no lives have been lost. r
that In such instances the deLnquer
have succeeded In getting ashore.
a few years ago the old PacihC Coast
steamer Ancon was backing away from.
the dock al this point during an eib tt.
and her pilot. miscalculating his dis'ar..
let her slide on the rocks about hurdr
yards from the dock, and the tide. drop
ming down rapidly, soon left her high ana
dry OH her rocky perch with a hrckrr
back Her wreck IL still % be seen civ
inc silent 4~-tImony TO this peculiar tile
Another feature Of the water Through
out this region Is that. although pure "a
water IL Is Of remarkable transp1reuCr
and one can see the fish swimming on tbs
bottom from twenty 20 thirty teet teICv
the surface. IL may be likened % an I'M
mense natural aquarium, stocked with
manv-colored. rnany-Iegged starflsh. saa
urchins anemOnes. etc. Al night the
phosphorescent effects caused by myriads
OF fish swimming about present thc ap-
pearance Of countless meteors dartluE
hither and thither through the water.
We sailed from LOring In small boat.
camping where night OVERLOOK US, ana
after four days arrived at our destination
on Prince Of Wales Island, az a place
which has not as yet had the honor % be-
ing christeled.
stream that grows gradually shallOwer
as IL approaches tide water. The salmon
were so thick in this stream (and this is
true Of all the streams In this neighbor-
hood that. although We wore rubber
boots In fordng the stream, we had 70
carry a large stick 20 aid US In "shooinE
the fish ont Of our way or else accept tho
alternative OF being drenched through by
them in their efforts 10 escape us.
\ short distance up the stream the wa
ter poured over an embankment into an
immense hole. where the fish were 80
numerous that they had no room % swim.
but We're sQuirmiug. struggling mass.
standing erect on their tails. with their
heads bobbng up and down out OF tho
water and their mouths wide open. Those
fortunate enough 70 be in the front row.
with standing room only" waited n
chance 70 leap over the talls In order 70
pursue their way up the stream.
We at first caught what FISH we wanted
with clubs and tie Wild geese. which
were plentiful with fish lines. by simply
stalking the line out and batting II with
n piece of smoked salmon PREPARED In our
own smokehouse Of canvas. We afterward
rigged an iron hook 20 the end OF a stout
pole with which we found we could make
a better selection Of the FISH than with
clubs and with this two OF us took from
the stream eighty-two COho salmon. av-
eraging about fifteen pounds apiece. in
two hours.
/ might go on az length and describe
the rainbows that como IN bunches ot
three or four the exduisitely beautiful
sunsets :he aurora bOrealls or the ap-
parentlv lirnitless quantity Of big game.
but sufficient has been said NJ this tirne.
except that OF the latter j might say that
one Of our party went a short distance
up the creek on which We campet and
I'm an hour or so brought back n hdndle
OF four bear skins
GEORGE II. RICHARDSON.