. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. Match. Northern Indlaris, who had befcrt livirigf tlirt* ftdth the begiitiiing of the Winter, jind had fbutid % plentiful fubfilience by catching deef iii a pound. This kind of employment is performed in the fol- lowing manner: Wh^n the Indians defign to impc^uiid de^i", t
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. Match. Northern Indlaris, who had befcrt livirigf tlirt* ftdth the begiitiiing of the Winter, jind had fbutid % plentiful fubfilience by catching deef iii a pound. This kind of employment is performed in the fol- lowing manner: Wh^n the Indians defign to impc^uiid de^i", they look out for one of the paths iti which a number of them have trod, and which is^ obfferv. ed to be ftill frequented by thetn. When thdc paths crofs a lake, a wide river, or a barrep plain, they are found to be much the beft for the pur- pofe; and if the path run through a clufter of woods, capable of affording materials for building the pound, it adds cdnfiderably to the commodi- oufnefs of the fituatioii. The pound is built by inaking a ilrong fence with brulhy trees, without obferving any degree of regularity, and the work is continued to any extent, according to the plea* {bre of the builders. I have feen fome that were not lefs than a mile round, and am informed that there are others ftill more extenfive. The door, or entrante of the pound, is not larger than a com* itibti gite, and the infide is fo crowded with fmall counter-hedges as very muth to refemble a maze; in every opening of which they fet a fnare, made with thongs of parchment deer-lkins well twifted together, which are amaiingly ftrong. One end of the fnare is ufually made f^ft to a growing pole; but if no One of a fufficient fize can be found ncii the place Where the fharc is fet, a loofe pole is fub- ftltuted in its rodnl, which is always of fUch fi^e and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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