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A JOURNEY TOVTRE 
mantic appearance. 4 
Her leifure hours from hunting had been em- | 
ployed in twifting the inner rind or bark of wil | 
lows into fmall lines, like net-twine, of which the. 
had fome hundred fathoms by her; with this the 
intended to make a ifhing. net as foon as the 
Spring advanced. It is of the inner bark of 
willows, twifted in this manner, that the Dog. 
ribbed Indians make their fifhing-nets; and ae r 
are much perferable to thofe made by the Nor= 
thern Indians*. | 
Five or fix inches of an iron hoop, made into 
a knife, and the thank of an arrow-head of iron, 
which ferved her as.an awl, were all the metals 
this poor woman had sith her when fhe elop- 
ed; and with thefe implements fhe had made} 
herfelf complete fnow-fhoes, and feveral other vies 
ful articles. | 
Her method of making a fire was equally Gil 
gular and curious, having no other materials for 
that purpofe than two hard fulphurous ftones, 
Thefe, by long friction and hard knocking, pro- 
duced a few ficies which at length commun 
cated to fome touchwood ; but as this method 
* The Northern Indians make their fifhing-nets with fall thongs cut 
from raw deer-fkins;' which when dry appear very good, but after being 
foaked in water fome time, grow fo foft and flippery, that when Jarge filh 
ftrike the net, the hitches are very apt to flip and let them efcape. Be | 
fide this inconvenience, they are very liable to Tote untefs they be free) 
quently taken out of the water and dried, 
