hawk

hawk At one time it was common to have an hawk on the outside end of the [salmon] net to catch those salmon that detectd the net's pre- sence and swam along by it to escape. When the net was set with an hawk, it took the form or shape of the letter 'L', but formed an angle of about 45...

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Summary:hawk At one time it was common to have an hawk on the outside end of the [salmon] net to catch those salmon that detectd the net's pre- sence and swam along by it to escape. When the net was set with an hawk, it took the form or shape of the letter 'L', but formed an angle of about 45�. DNE-cit GMS Sept 73 Used I Used I 1 Used I source page number originally said 72 but typed over as 74