NORTHERN OCEAN. 385 
‘Indians purfue a fingular method of fhooting 
thofe Hares; finding by long experience that 
thefe animals will not bear a dire& approach, 
when the Indians. fee a hare fitting, they walk 
round it in circles, always drawing nearer at 
every revolution, till by degrees they get within 
_gun-fhot. The middle of the day, if it be clear 
weather, is the beft time to kill them in this man. 
ner; for before and after noon, the Sun’s alti- 
tude being fo fmall, makes a man’s fhadow fo 
long on the fnow, as to frighten the Hare before 
he can approach near enough to kill it. The fame 
may be faid of deer when on open plains, who 
are frequently more frightened at.the long fhadow 
than at the man himfelf. 
‘The AMERICAN Hares, or, as they are called 17°47"), 
in Hudfon’s Bay, Raszirs, are not plentiful in 
the Eaftern parts of the Northern Indian country, 
not even in thofe parts that are fituated among 
the woods; but to the Weftward, bordering on 
the Southern Indian country, they are in fome 
_ places pretty numerous, though by no means . 
equal to what has been reported of them at York 
Fort, and fome other fettlementsin the Bay. 
The furr of thofe animals, when killed in the 
_ beft part of the feafon, was for many years en- 
_tirely negleted by the furriers; for fome time 
pait the Company have ordered as many of their 
_ fkins to be fent home as can be procured; they 
|. are but of {mall value. 
The fichh of thofe Hares is generally more 
cc efteemed 
