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it [79] far before it gets entangled among the other woods, i77i' 

 which are all left standing except what is found necessary for 

 making the fence, hedges, ^c. 



The pound being thus prepared, a row of small brush- 

 wood is stuck up in the snow on each side the door or 

 entrance ; and these hedge-rows are continued along the open 

 part of the lake, river, or plain, where neither stick nor stump 

 besides is to be seen, which makes them the more distinctly 

 observed. These poles, or brush-wood, are generally placed 

 at the distance of fifteen or twenty yards from each other, 

 and ranged in such a manner as to form two sides of a long 

 acute angle, growing gradually wider in proportion to the 

 distance they extend from the entrance of the pound, which 

 sometimes is not less than two or three miles ; while the 

 deer's path is exactly along the middle, between the two rows 

 of brush-wood. 



Indians employed on this service always pitch their tent 

 on or near to an eminence that affords a commanding prospect 

 of the path leading to the pound ; and when they see any deer 

 going that way, men, women, and children walk along the 

 lake or river-side under cover of the woods, till they get 

 behind them, then step forth to open view, and proceed 

 towards the pound in the form of a crescent. The poor 

 timorous deer finding themselves pursued, and at the same 

 time taking the two rows of brushy poles to be two ranks 

 of people stationed [80] to prevent their passing on either 

 side, run straight forward in the path till they get into the 

 pound. The Indians then close in, and block up the en- 

 trance with some brushy trees, that have been cut down 

 and lie at hand for that purpose. The deer being thus 

 enclosed, the women and children walk round the pound, 

 to prevent them from breaking or jumping over the fence, 

 while the men are employed spearing such as are entangled 

 in the snares, and shooting with bows and arrows those 

 which remain loose in the pound. 



