254 
1772. 
‘= withftanding they were then plunging through — 
January. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
found that I was no match for the buffalos, not- | 
fuch deep fnow, that their bellies made a'trench | 
in it as large as if many heavy facks had been 
hauled through it. Of all the large beafts in thofe _ 
parts the buffalo is eafieft to kill, and the moofe | 
are the moft difficult; neither are the deer very 
eafy to come at, except in windy weather: indeed 
it requires much praétice, and a great deal of pa- 
tience, to flay any of them, as they will by no 
means fuffer, a direct approach, unlefs the hunter 
be entirely fheltered by woods or willows. The 
flefh of the buffalo is exceedingly good eating; — 
and fo entirely free from any difagreeable {mell or | 
tafte, that it refembles beef as nearly as poflible: 
the flefh of the cows, when fome time gone with — 
calf, is efteemed the fineft ; and the young calves, — 
cut out of their bellies, are reckoned a great deli- 
cacy indeed. ‘The bunch on their backs, or more 
properly on their fhoulders, is not a large flefhy 
jump, as fome fuppofe, but is occafioned by the 
bones that form the withers being continued to 
a greater length than in moft other animals. 
The fleth which furrounds this part being fo equal- 
ly intermixed with fat and lean, is reckoned 
among the niceft bits. The weight, however, is 
by no means equal to what has been commonly 
reported. The tongue is alfo very delicate ; and 
what is moft extraordinary, when the beatts are 
in the pooreft ftate, which happens regularly at 
certain feafons, their tongues are then very fat 
and | 
