NORTHERN OCEAN. 
- that a remarkable fpecies of partridges as large 
as Englifh fowls, are found in that part of the 
country only. Thofe, as well as the common 
_ partidges, it is faid, are killed in confiderable 
numbers, with fnares, as well as with bows and 
arrows. 
‘The river and lakes near the little foreft where 
the family above mentioned had fixed their abode, 
abound with fine fifh, particularly trout and bar- 
ble, which are eafily caught; the former with 
hooks, and the latter in nets. In fact, ] have not 
feen or heard of any part of this country which 
feems to poflefs half the advantages requifite for 
a conftant refidence, that are afcribed to this little 
fpot. The defcendents, however, of the prefent 
inhabitants muft in time evacuate it for want of 
wood, which is of fo flow a growth in thofe re- 
gions, that what is ufed in one year, exclufive 
of what is cut down and carried away by the Ef- 
quimaux, mutt coft many years to replace. 
It may probably be thought ftrange that any 
part of acommunity, apparently fo commodiou- 
‘fly fituated, and happy within themfelves, fhould 
be found at fo great a diftance from the reft of 
their tribe, and indeed nothing but neceflity 
could poffibly have urged them to undertake a 
journey of fo many hundred miles as they have 
done; but no fituation is without its inconve- 
niences, and as their woods contain no birch- 
trees of fufficient fize, or perhaps none of any 
fize, 
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