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fish — A peculiar kind of moss useful for the support of man — 

 Northern Indian methodofcatchingfish, either with hooks or nets — 

 Ceremony observed when two parties of those people meet — Diver- 

 sions in common use — A singular disorder which attacks some of 

 those people — Their superstition with respect to the death of their 

 friends — Ceremony observed on those occasions — Their ideas of 

 the first inhabitants of the world — No form of religion among 

 them — Remarks on that circumstance — The extreme misery to 

 which old age is exposed — Their opinion of the Aurora Borealis, 

 &c. — Some account of Matonabbee, and his services to his country, 

 as well as to the Hudson's Bay Company 297 



[xviii] CHAP. X. 



An Account of the principal Quadrupeds found in the Northern 

 Parts of Hudson's Bay : The Buffalo, Moose, Musk-ox, Deer, 

 and Beaver — A capital Mistake cleared up respecting the \Ve- 

 was-kish. 



Animals with Canine Teeth : The Wolf — Foxes of various 

 colours — Lynx, or Wild Cat — Polar, or White Bear — Black Bear 

 — Brown Bear — Wolverene — Otter — Jackash — Wejack — Skunk — 

 Pine Martin — Ermine, or Stote. 



Animals with cutting Teeth : The Musk Beaver — Porcupine — 

 Varying Hare — American Hare — Common Squirrel — Ground 

 Squirrel — Mice of various kinds — and the Castor Beaver. 



The Pinnated Quadrupeds with finlike Feet, found in Hudson's 

 Bay, are but three in number, viz. : The Walrus, or Sea-Horse — 

 Seal — and Sea- Unicorn. 



The Species of Fish found in the Salt Water of Hudson's Bay 

 are also few in number : being the Black Whale — White Whale — 

 Salmon — and Kepling. 



Shell-fish, and empty Shells of several kinds, found on the Sea 

 Coast near Churchill River. 



Frogs of various sizes and colours ; also a great variety of 

 Grubbs, and other Insects, always found in a frozen state during 

 Winter, but when exposed to the heat of a slow fire, are soon 

 re-animated. 



An account of some of the principal Birds found in the Northern 

 Parts of Hudson's Bay ; as well those that only migrate there in 

 Summer, as those that are known to brave the coldest Winters : 



