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provided the hunters go against the wind ; when t' i 

 or three men get so mar a herd as to fire at them from 

 different points, these animals, instead of separating 

 or running away, huddle closer together, and several 

 are generally killed ; but if the wound is not mortal 

 they become enraged and dart in the most furious 

 manner at the hunters, who must be very dexterous 

 to evade them. They can defend themselves by their 

 powerful horns against the wolves and bears, which, 

 as the Indians say, they not unfrequently kill. 



on the same substances with 

 the reindeer, and the prints of the feet of these two 

 animals are alike that it requires the eye of 



an experienced hunter to distinguish them. The 

 largest of these animals killed by us did do! exceed in 

 weight three hundred pounds. The flesh has a 

 musky, disagreeable flavor, particularly when the ani- 

 mal is lean, which unfortunately for us, was the i 

 with all that were now killed by us. 



During this day's march the river varii d in breadth 



from one hundred to two hundred feet, and except in 



two "pen Bpaces, a very Btrong cum nt marked a deep 

 ■ the whole way. It flows over abed of gravel, 

 of which also its immediate banks are comp< 

 ,r i,, our i Dcampment it i.> bounded by cliffs of fine 



sand from *>ne hundred to two hundred feet high. 

 Sandy plains extend en a level with the summit of 



