5 July 1749- 



I HAVE been told by fome among the 

 French, who had gone a beaver-hunting 

 with the Indians to the northern parts of 

 Canada, that the animals, whofe fkins they 

 endeavour to get, and which are there in 

 great plenty, are beavers, wild cats, or 

 lynxs, and martens. Thefe animals are the 

 more valued, the further they are caught 

 to the north, for their fkins have better 

 hair, and look better than thofe which are 

 taken more fouthward, and they became 

 gradually better or worfe, the more they 

 are northward or fouthward. 



White Patridges * is the name which the 

 french in Canada give to a kind of birds, 

 abounding during winter near Hudfons 

 Bay, and which are undoubtedly ourP/<zr- 

 migans, or Snow-hens (Tetrao Lagopus}* 

 They are very plentiful at the time of a 

 great froft, and when a confiderable quanti- 

 ty of fnow happens to fall. They are defcrib- 

 ed to me as having rough white feet, and 

 being white all over, except three or four 

 black feathers in the tail ; and they are 

 reckoned very fine eating. From Edward's 

 Natural Hiftory of Birds (pag. 72.) it ap- 

 pears, that the ptarmigans are common 

 about Hudfons Bay -j~. 



Hares 



* Perdrix Wanches. 



f See B>\ Zool Suppl. plate XIII. f. i. F, 



