Sa A JOURNEY TO THE 
741. them to any thing beyond the means of procuring 
i~— food and clothing, It is true, the carriers pride 
Mar themfelves much on the refpect which is fhewn 
to them at the Fa@tory ; to obtain which they fre- 
quently run ereat rifques of being ftarved to death | 
in their way thither and back; and all that they 
can poflibly get there for the furrs they procure 
after a year’s toil, feldom amounts to more than is 
fufficient to yield a bare fubfiltence, and a few 
furrs for the enfuing year’s market; while thofe 
whom they call indolent and mean-fpirited live ge- 
nerally ina ftate of plenty, without trouble or 
rifque; and confequently mufl be the moft happy, 
and, in truth, the moft independent alfo. It mul 
be allowed that they are by far the greateft phi- 
lofophers, as they never give themfelves the trou- 
ble to acquire what they can do well enough with- 
out. The deer they kill, furnifhes them with 
food, and a variety of warm and comfortable 
clothing, either with or without the hair, accord-. | 
ing as the feafons require; and it muft be very 
sard indeed, if they cannot get furrs enoughin the 
courte of two or three years, to purchafe a hatch. 
et, and {uch other edge-tools as are neceflary for — 
their purpofe. Indeed thofe who take no con-— 
cern at all about procuring furrs, have generally. _ 
an opportunity of providing themfelves with all _ 
their real wants from their more induftrious — 
countrymen, in exchange for provifions, and rea 
dy-drefled fkins for clothing. i. 
It is undoubtedly the hat of every one of the 
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