So A JOURNEY TO THE 
1771. fide; run ftraight forward in the path till they get 
\“—~777 into the pound. The Indians then clofe in, and | 
block up the entrance with fome brufhy trees, 
that have been cut down and lie at hand for that 
purpofe. The deer being thus enclofed, the wo- 
men and children walk round the pound, to pre- ~ | 
vent them from breaking or jumping over the 
fence, while the men are employed {pearing fuch 
a3 are entangled in the {nares, and fhooting with 
bows and arrows thofe which remain loofe in the 
pound. 
This method of hunting, if it deferves the 
name, is fometimes fo fuccefsful, that many fa- 
milies fubfit by it without having occafion to 
move their tents above once or twice during the 
courfe of a whole winter ; and when the Spring 
advances, both the deer and Indians draw out to 
the Eaftward, on the ground which is entirely 
barren, or at leaft what is fo called in thofe parts, 
as it neither produces trees or fhrubs of any kind, 
fo that mofs and fome little grafs is all the her- 
bage which is to be found on it. Such an eafy 
way of procuring a comfortable maintenance. in 
the Winter months, (which is by far the worft 
time of the year,) is wonderfully well adapted to 
the fupport of the aged and infirm, but is tooapt | 
to occafion an habitual indolence in the young and | 
ative, who frequently {pend a whole Winter in 
this indolent manner: and as thofe parts of the 
country are almoft deftitute of every animal of 
the furr kind, it cannot be fuppofed that thofe 
who 
