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nage to kill deer ; for they showed one of the gen- 
tlemen that went on shore the skin of one, and 
made signs to him that the animal had been killed 
by an arrow, pointing to the hole that the arrow 
had made. The only bow found amongst them, 
however, was a small one made of whalebone, which 
appeared to be intended as a play-thing for one of 
their children; but the advantages of such an instru- 
ment, and the very ordinary ingenuity and means 
required to make it, render it probable that they are 
acquainted with the use of the bow andarrow. It 
may be mentioned, indeed, as a proof of this, that 
the arrow belonging to the small bow just spoken of 
was feathered, a circumstance which can hardly 
be supposed to have been accidentally done to 
adorn atoy. With respect to their fishing imple- 
ments, none were seen that differed much from 
those that they brought on board last night. Some 
articles were found amongst them, however, which 
evidently show that they had intercourse, either 
directly, or through the means of others, with Euro. 
peans, for they had a piece of a file set in a bone 
handle, in such a way as to resemble an adze in 
miniature; they had also some beads, differ- 
ent from any that we had given them when they 
were on board. This place appears, however, to be 
at present their permanent residence; for one of 
the officers who went up a little way into the bay, or 
inlet where they lived, in order to sound, found 
their winter-huts there. And certainly, as far as ap- 
pearances go, they could not possess a more eligible 
situation for their abode in this country; for the 
inlet is full of small islands, which, I should ima- 
