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hunting. So out he goes on his snow-shoes, which 

 prevent his sinking into the drifts, piled up by the wind 

 to a great depth in the hollow places. The huge buffalo, 

 which has no snow-shoes, conies thoughtlessly down 

 from feeding on the grass tracts which the wind has 

 blown bare, and flounders straight in. Once there he 

 cannot get out again, and the Indian comes up and 

 plunges his lance right into his heart, so that he is dead 

 in a moment. Then his skin, always in its best condition 

 during the winter, is sold to traders in fur, and the parts 

 of the flesh which the hunter does not want, or .cannot 

 carry away, are left to the wolves. 1 



1 All this was true years ago. Now, for want of Game Laws, 

 buffaloes are nearly extinct. 



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