92 'I' he Heme of tJir Wolverene and Beaver. 



are rough foot coverings made from the skin of some 

 wild animal, and worn by the Indiansaswe wear boots. 

 An Ojibbeway would, however, ascend a hill thus 

 shod that a white man would be unable to get half- 

 way up without great pain and inconvenience. The 

 truth is that the moccasin is adapted to the Indian 

 only, owing to the peculiar conformation of his foot, 

 which has much shorter toes. For a European, 

 whose soles are soft and who has no prehensile 

 power in his feet, moccasins are a snare and a 

 delusion, except in two certain cases. When travel- 

 ling with dog-sleighs or walking on snow-shoes 

 they are invaluable, on any other occasion a pair of 

 nailed lace-up boots are far preferable. Our friends 

 were to use snow-shoes, and therefore Mr. Groves 

 donned moose-skin moccasins, over which he hauled 

 a pair of strong cloth leggings in a measure for 

 warmth, but chiefly to prevent snow adhering to the 

 buck-skiiiS. O.'cr several flannel shirts and undc: 

 waistcoats came a capote made of deer-skin, and 

 lined throughout with fur, and this garment was 

 confined at the waist by a belt, at which hung his 

 ammunition, hunting knife, fire-bag, and other 

 little necessaries. A fur boa was wrapped round 

 his neck, a cap with ear-flaps of similar material 

 adorned his head, and an immense pair of 

 li.iffle mittens covered with buck-skin dangled by 



