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Show FISH GATHER IN MILLIONS Remarkable Schools of Herrings That Annually Assemble on tho North Pacific Coast. Every summer there Is a romark-ablo romark-ablo run of herring on tho north Pacific Pa-cific coast. Theso flsh como In such Bhoals that thoy Beom a solid moving mass. They crowd into tho inlets and sheltered bays and can bo taken In millions by tho simplest means. Men and boys on tho Grand Trunk Pacific dock at Prlnco Rupert use waste paper baskots, and similar utensils, uten-sils, which, with ropo attached are thrown into tho water and allowed to sink below the surface, then hauled In again full of overflowing with lovely love-ly herring. But a hotter Idea of the density ol theso schools of fish is afforded by tho fact that fishing linos with hook attached can bo sunk in tho water, and pulled out instantly with Just aa many fish as there aro hooks, bo there a dozon or fifty. Tons of these herring aro taken by tho flsh companies and frozen in boxes for uso as bait for tho halibut flshorles. Thoy aro an excellent table flsh, and thero ought to be a profitable market for thorn In tho Interior. As yet comparatively com-paratively few of thorn aro shipped, though dealers aro now calling for thorn. Fishermen say tho herrings seok tho bays to escape tho whales, which prey on them in certain localities during dur-ing their migrations. |