Ogden Daily Standard | 1893-03-19 | Page 3 | The Candle Fish

the A aie candle fish one of the piscatorial curiosities of the north pacific coast especially plentiful along the shores of british columbia 1 it the fish knodt a to In indian whites and halt half breeds na the candle fish 1 to the tit tits s ho ile isalio fe icus usand and is highly esteemed for two reasons the fah itself is about fourteen inches long resembles the smelt in general a appearances P pe arances w aces and arid ia Is caught in ili large quan quantities titi es by west cost coast fishermen during the months month of february march and april it is 1 the fattest of all lishus for which reason large numbers of them aro are dried and smoked to be used as a warming wan nini food during the long ri rigorous kwintera so common in that at region re gion large numbers of thena arc also through crude pres presses which extract c the oil this is preserved in skin bags hags aad and used much in the same manner aa as whales blubber is used by the eskimos thia candle fish gets ita its common name from the fact that when dried it burns with a bright white fi larno until entirely consumed it is much used usell by the coasters both ot of columbia and ciler eilbur with or without a wick passed through its body st louis