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ters are low. Thefe animals are obliged to come 

 in flocks to the river to drink, we often killed 

 them as they crofTed it, and likev/ife fome bears 

 were thus got. The Akanza Indians generally 

 come to hire themfclves to the French, in order 

 to make them fubfiH by hunting upon the road* 

 Thefe hunters fet out in the morning in pira- 

 guas ; they kill the oxen which they meet on 

 the banks of the river, and the boats that fol- 

 low after them take on board the meat, which 

 lies ready for them on the fnore. 



The Indians take care to keep the tongue, 

 and the flefh from the back of the animals which 

 they have killed, and to prefent thefe bits, to 

 the commander and officers of the convoy -, af- 

 ter which a ferjeant or a corporal diilributes the 

 flefh to the foldiers in each boat : the pleafure of 

 hunting amply repays for the fatigues of the 

 voyage. The game is lb common in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the river 6"/. ir^z/ro/j ^^, that, when 

 we went on fl:iore in thofe parts, it was impofiible 

 to fleep, on account of the multitudes of fwans, 

 cranes, geefe, buftards, and ducks, that were 

 continually going up and down in thefe watery 

 places. On approaching the country of the 



*' This river comes from the country of the ILufaux, 



