. 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. NORTHERN OCEAN. head of any animal, and even from v/alking in, or crolling the track where the head of a deer, moofe, beaver, and many other animals, have lately been carried, either on a fledge or on the back. To be guilty of a violation of this cuflom is confidered as of the
. 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. NORTHERN OCEAN. head of any animal, and even from v/alking in, or crolling the track where the head of a deer, moofe, beaver, and many other animals, have lately been carried, either on a fledge or on the back. To be guilty of a violation of this cuflom is confidered as of the greateft importance; becaufe they firmly believe that it would be a means of preventing the hunter from having an equal fuccefs in his future excurfions. 315. hi Thofe poor people live in fuch an inhofpitable part of the globe, that for want of firing they are frequently obliged to eat their vi(3:uals quite raw, particularly in the Summer feafon, while on the barren ground ; but early cuflom and frequent neceflity make this pradlice fo fa- miliar to them, that fo far from finding any inconveni- ence arife from it, or having the leaft dnlike to it, they frequently do it by choice, and particularly in the article of fifh; for when they do make a pretence of drefling it, they feldom warm it through. I have frequently made one of a party who has fat round a frefh-killed deer, and alliftcd in picking the bones quite clean, when I thought that the raw brains and many other parts were exceedingly good ; and, however ftrangc it may appear, I muft beftow the fame epithet on half-raw fifli: even to this day I give the preference to trout, falmon, and the brown tittemeg, when they are not warm at the bone. Sf2 The i !:â¢'â ,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792. London : Printed
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