Cfio NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Various mciliorts n(' taking the elk. 



innocence; using its fore-feet almost every in- 

 stant to clear its eyes of musquetoes, which at 

 the time were remarkably numerous. 



Sometimes a large party of Indians assemble 

 in their canoes, and form a vast crescent towards 

 the shore. Detached bodies then go into the 

 -woods, and having surrounded an extensive tract, 

 let loose their dogs, and press, with loud shouts, 

 towards the water. The terrified animals fly be- 

 fore the hunters, and plunge into the lake, where 

 the persons stationed in the canoes attack and 

 kill them with clubs or lances. 



The Indians also sometimes inclose a large 

 piece of ground with stakes interwoven with 

 branches of trees, which form two sides of a tri- 

 angle, the bottom opening into a second inclo- 

 sure completely triangular. In the opening are 

 hung snares made of slips of raw hides. The 

 elks are driven by a party in the woods, into the 

 first inclosure ; and some, endeavouring to force 

 their way into the farthest triangle, are caught 

 by their neck or horns; and those which escape 

 the snares, and pass the opening, meet their fate 

 from the arrows of the hunters directed at them 

 from all quarters. 



It appears that they may be tamed and do- 

 mesticated with the utmost facility; and we ar^ 

 informed that they will even follow their keeper 

 to any distance from home, and at his call returr\ 

 -with him, without ever attempting to deviatq 

 from the path. 



