/ NORTHERN OCEAN. 
the inequalities and hard drifts of {now which are 
| conftantly met with on the open plains and barren 
| grounds. The trace or draught-line to thofe fledg- 
esis a double ftring, or flip of leather, made faft 
to the head; and the bight is put acrofs the fhoul- 
ders of the perfon who hauls the fledge, fo as to 
_ reft againft the breaft. This contrivance, though 
fo fimple, cannot be improved by the moft inge- 
_ nious collar-maker in the world. 
Their fnow-fhoes differ from all others made 
 ufe of in thofe parts; for though they are of the 
galley kind, that is, fharp-pointed before, yet 
they are always to be worn on one foot, and 
cannot be fhifted from fide to fide, like other 
j fnow-fhoes ; for this reafon the inner-fide of the 
frames are almoft ftraight, and the outer-fide has 
i avery large fweep. The frames are generally 
_ made of birch-wood, and the netting is compof- 
_ed of thongs of deer-fkin ; but their mode of fill- 
ing that compartment where the foot refts, is 
quite different from that ufed among the Sou- 
_ thern Indians. 
Their clothing, which chiefly confifts of deer 
kins in the hair, makes them very fubject to be 
loufy; but that is fo far from being thought a 
| difgrace, that the beft among them amufe them- - 
felves with catching and eating thefe vermin ; 
of which they are fo fond, that the produce of a 
loufy head or garment affords them not only 
pleafing amufement, but a delicious repaft. My 
old guide, Matonabbee, was fo remarkably fond 
of thofe little vermin, that he frequently fet five 
or 
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