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1771. 
Auguift, 
3 ‘and with great probability of truth, that they are 
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been; and though they are remarkably fcarce 
fome years near Churchill river, yet it is faid, 
more plentiful in other parts of the country than’ | 
they were formerly. The fcarcity or abundance’ 
of thefe animals in different places at the fame | 
feafon is caufed, in a great meafure, by the winds - 
which prevail for fome time before; for the deer 
are fuppofed by the natives to walk always in the’ 
direétion from which the wind blows, except when 
they migrate from Eaft to Weft, or from Weft tov 
Eaft, in fearch of the oppofite fex, for the purpofe 
of propagating their fpecies. | 
It requires the prime part of the fkins of Frovihd 
eight to ten deer to make a complete fuit of warm’ 
clothing for a grown perfon during the Winter ; 
all of which fhould, if poffible, be killed in the) 
month of Auguft, or early in September ; for af-. 
ter that time the hair is too long, and at the fame’ 
time fo loofe in the pelt, that it will drop off with) 
the flighteft injury. 
Befide thefe fkins, which muft bein the bait 
each perfon requires feveral others to be dreffed 
into leather, for ftockings and fhoes, and light 
Summer clothing; feveral more are alfo wantedl 
in a parchment ea to make clewla as they call 
it, or thongs to make netting for their fnow-thoes, 
{nares for deer, fewing for their fledges, and, in’ 
faét, for every other ufe where ftrings or lines of. 
any kind are required: fo that each perfon, on aa’ 
average, expends, in the courfe ofa year, upw ards. 
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