26o TRAVELS through 



titude, mimicking the voice of thefe creatures, 

 he Ihews the head ; the roe-deer are deceived by 

 It, and come very near the hunters, who are 

 lure to kill them. 



There are Indians who, by means of this flra- 

 tagerh, have deftroyed four hundred roe-deer in 

 one winter's hunting. They employ very nigh 

 the fame trick to get the wild turkies in the 

 woods; fome of them put the fkins of thefe 

 birds on their fhoulders, and on the heads a bit 

 of fcarlet or other red cloth, which is agitated 

 by the wind, and whilft the birds look at them, 

 their comrades kill them with arrows ; they d^ 

 not ufe fire-arms, for fear of frightening them, 

 and whilfl there are any turkies on a tree, they 

 continue to fhoot them with great dexterity; 

 thefe birds are commonly foolifli enough to ex- 

 pe6l the return of their fellows who fell down ; 

 the Indians have often treated me with thefe 

 birds, and I found them excellent during au- 

 tumn. 



The Indians are likewife very dextrous fifher- 

 men ; they neither employ hooks nor nets ; they 

 take reeds, which are very common along the 

 fides of rivers, dry them near the fire, or in the 

 fun-fhine, Iharpen one end like a dart,- and fiift- 



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