. Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day life in the wilds of North America, during six years' residence in the territories of the honourable Hudson's bay company . bark, which generally measures about twelve or fifteenfeet long, and from two to three feet broad in the mid-dle, a whole Indian family of eight or ten souls will travelhundreds of miles over rivers and lakes innumerable;now floating swiftly down a foaming rapid, and anongliding over the surface of a quiet lake, or making aportage over-land when a rapid is too dangerous todescend; and, while the elders of the family assist incarrying the cano
. Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day life in the wilds of North America, during six years' residence in the territories of the honourable Hudson's bay company . bark, which generally measures about twelve or fifteenfeet long, and from two to three feet broad in the mid-dle, a whole Indian family of eight or ten souls will travelhundreds of miles over rivers and lakes innumerable;now floating swiftly down a foaming rapid, and anongliding over the surface of a quiet lake, or making aportage over-land when a rapid is too dangerous todescend; and, while the elders of the family assist incarrying the canoe, the youngsters run about pluckingberries, and the shaggy little curs (one or two of whichare possessed by every Indian family) search for food, or. HUDSONS BAY. 49 bask in the sun at the foot of the babys cradle, whichstands bolt upright against a tree, while the child gazesupon all these operations withserene indifference. Not less elegant and usefulthan the canoe, is the snow-shoe, without which the In-dian would be badly off is not, as many suppose,used as a kind of skate, withwhich to slide over the snow,but as a machine to prevent, by its size and breadth, the wearer from sinking into thesnow, which is so deep that, without the assistance of thesnow-shoe, no one could walk a quarter of a mile throughthe woods in winter without being utterly exhausted. It is formed of two thin pieces of light wood,which are tied at both ends, and spread out near themiddle; thus making a kind of long oval, the interior ofwhich is filled up with net-work of deer-skin is given to the frame by placing wooden barsacross ; and it is fastened loosely to the foot by a slightline going over the toe. In case, however, it may
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