NORTHERN OCEAN. 
fo wide, as to make them more liable to be en- 
tangled among the under-woods, than any other 
fpecies of deer that I have noticed. The young 
bucks in thofe parts do not fhed their horns fo 
foon as the old ones: I have frequently feen them 
killed at or near Chriftmas, and could difcover 
no appearance of their horns being loofe. The 
does do not fhed their horns till the Summer ; fo 
that when the buck’s horns are ready to drop off, 
the horns of the does are all hairy, and {carcely 
come to their full growth. 
The deer in thofe parts are generally in motion 
from Eaftto Welt, or from Weft to Eaft, accord- 
ing to the feafon, or the prevailing winds; and 
that is the principal reafon why the Northern In- 
dians are always fhifting their ftation. From 
November till May, the bucks continue to the 
Weftward, among the woods, when their horns 
begin to fprout; after which they proceed on 
to the Eaftward, to the barren grounds; and the 
does that have been on the barren ground all the 
Winter, are taught by inftinct to advance to the 
Weftward to meet them, in order to propagate 
their fpecies. immediately after the rutting fea- 
fon is over, they feparate, as hath been mention- 
ed above. The old vulgar faying, fo generally 
received among the lower clafs of people in Eng- 
land, concerning the bucks fhedding their yards, 
or more properly the glands of the penis, yearly, 
whether it be true in England or not, is certainly 
mot true in any of the countries bordering on 
Hudfon’s 
199 
1771. 
eed 
Augutt. 
