A singular practice of fishing is found amongst the Chones Indians. They train dogs to aid them in fishing and the dog helps them in much the same way as the shepherd’s dog helps the shepherd.
    The net is held by two men standing in the water, and the dogs, swimming out far and diving after the fish, drive them back towards it. They enjoy their work just as a good horse, though hard pressed, seems to enjoy the hunt, and every time they raise their heads from the water they show their pleasure by barking.
    The Fuegians, one of the most miserable and degraded races on earth, train their dogs in a similar manner to assist them in catching birds. They have a wonderful contrivance for killing the sharks which abound off their coasts. A log of wood shaped so as to appear something like a canoe is set afloat, with a rope and large noose hanging from one end of it.
    Before long, a shark attacks the suppposed canoe, swimming after it, and is caught in the noose hanging from the stern. It closes on him so him that he cannot extricate himself, and the weight of the log keeps him swimming slowly without being able to sink. Then the Fuegians in their canoes, generally steered by women, approach at their leisure and kill the shark with their spears.
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