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WKST SIIOKK.
SE1N FISHING WITH HORSES.
A M)Ni llii- many curious sights the trvfltr m the
r l.wcr Columbia witnesses as tin' steamer rushes
through the gnin wiiIith of that mighty rivr, in
iiii'iiuii horseback wmlin about in wlmt appcarH
m( a distance tn Ih' a imwt aimless inaiiiiiT. Iiniiiry
develop the information that tiny ari' fishing for salmon
w ith hup- wiiiN. These HcitiH an- often many hinid ml
fi rl in length, ami the task of setting thnn ami draw
iii)t them in in mi child's play. Carefully coiled up in
tin stern of a large Unit the win, with one cud secured
the channel of the river open. It is not always possible
to fish in this manner, as the water is sometimes too
high, and work has to he suspended until it subsides.
It is a question fur scientists to answer whether a horse
that leads an amphibious life of this character will not
in time liecome web-footed, or at least transmit such
tendencies to a physical pedal change to its descendants.
Such an alteration in the extremities of the pioneers of
Oregon is asserted to have taken place, but that waiu
comparatively trivial change to that necessary to split
the hoof of a horse and expand it with membranes.
The form of evolution the sein-fishing horse will prob-
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big rmiN-.l to ii,k by m.'itm. of t-ik-l,. ul tl(, '
Ulng op.rtis ,.n tl. mirf.ir,. ,y wn.Ml.ii ntn. The !
Ll rani. tl ut. r rod nr-und in n .iirve nod R I
.ll it rra.l.e. Water Plitliririilly shall,,. hrcnrv i
mt. l.r, t.. it iii ,,n..u pitt.,, nil, ,, lravv N,in i)( i
drawn to land, oftm w itb i, f Mni.lii,B' salmon I
caught in it. to.-.),,,, and ..ft,.,,, a !
giralrr than i nvord-d ( t. Mummx f ( :
rat their ml. on tl.o wn.i,,. f . ).,, :
method in ri..-r -Mihk .y tl. ,g(. Mll,j ,(Mi, '
Wanda thai hav? Urn frio i t. lvVr, 111,ll,'11(,
iIik b-.re U jond t,r rrv , ,.f nirMi, hi(
I'N Tll iii. M III A MIVKH.
"bly taki- will N the conversion of its hairy tail to
the usual Hub's caudal, ami the development of 'tins fmin
the legs, H Mum, to a certain extent, to the marine
'"ist.'rs our scientists reconstruct from the bones of
HiisWic animals. When this time comes On-pm
will have a horM. to compete with the "wooly hrse"
"fl'tah with wbi.h Hamum gulled the public years
"gi I nl.-ss the run if salmon increases again thr
busings of M ining f,,r them with horses will not bo
very profitable one in the future. Happily the hatch
'ncs will remedy this dilliculty in a few years, and
"Pin the folumbi,, will I filled with the " K vl
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