NORTHERN OCEAN. 
the plantation killed two of thofe animals, and 
made a feaft of them; when the fpot where they 
were finged and gutted was fo impregnated with 
that naufeous {mell which they emit, that after a 
whole Winter had elapfed, and the {now had 
thawed away in the Spring, the {mell was ftill in- 
tolerable. Iam told, however, that the flefh is 
by no means tainted with the fmell, if care be 
taken in gutting, and taking out the bag that 
contains this furprifing efluvia, and which they 
have the power of emitting at pleafure; but I 
rather doubt their being capable of ejecting 
their urine fo far as is reported; Ido not think 
it is their urine which contains that peftilential 
effluvia, for if that was the cafe, all the coun- 
try where they frequent would be fo fcented with 
it, that neither man nor beaft could live there 
with any degree of comfort. 
379 
The Common Pine Martin is found in moft The Pine 
parts of this country, and though very fcarce in 
what is abfolutely called the Northern Indian 
territory, yet by the Indians ftrolling toward the 
borders of the Southern Indian country, are kill- 
ed in great numbers, and annually traded for at 
Churchill Factory. 
Martin. 
The Ermine, or Srotz, is common in thofe The Er. 
ground, and open plains or marfhes, than in the 
woods ; probably owing to the mice being more 
numerous in the former fituations than in the 
latter. 
mine, tely 
parts, but generally more plentiful on the barren stote. 
