. 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. fiirprife, halF fo much as the fight of the many hills and dry ridges on the Eaft fide of the marfli, which are turned over like ploughed land by thofe animals, in fearching for ground-fquirrels, and perhaps mice, which conftitute a favourite part of their food.
. 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. fiirprife, halF fo much as the fight of the many hills and dry ridges on the Eaft fide of the marfli, which are turned over like ploughed land by thofe animals, in fearching for ground-fquirrels, and perhaps mice, which conftitute a favourite part of their food. It is furprifing to fee the extent of their refearches in queft of thofe animals, and flill more to view the enormous ftones rolled out of their beds by the bears on thofe occafions. At firft I thought thefe long and deep furrows had been ejffedled by lightning; but the natives affured me they never knew any thing of the kind happen in thofe parts, and that it was entirely the work of the bears feeking for their prey. On the ninth, the weather was moderate and cloudy, with fome flying fliowers of rain. We fet out early in the morning, and walked about forty miles to the North and North by Eaft. In our way we faw plenty of deer and mufk-oxen : feveral of the former the Indians killed, but a fmart fhower of rain coming on juft as we were going to put up, made the mofs fo wet as to render it impracti- cable to light a fire. The next day proving fine and clear, we fet out in the morning, and walked twenty miles to the North by Weft and North North Weft; but about noon the weather became fo hot and fultry as to render walking very difagreeable; we therefore put up on the top of a high hill, and as the mofs was then dry, lighted a fire, and fliould have made a comfortable meal, and been otherwife tolerably happy, had it not been for 141 9th. icth. I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloratio
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