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the rampart, will notwithstanding lay siege to the place 

 night after night, howling round it with impotent rage. 

 Indians sometimes come in to report the discovery of 

 these " yards," just as on the Neilgherries the Todas and 

 Khotas come in to the European garrison to report a 

 tiger, and, in like manner, parties are organized to go in 

 pursuit ; but more generally expeditions start for the most 

 likely districts, with the object of searching for and 

 finding their own game, and are of course invariably 

 accompanied by skilful guides and hunters. "Paul," 

 and the elder and younger " Francis," Lorette Indians, 

 who still act in these capacities, are names which will be 

 familiar to all who have hunted Moose in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Quebec. 



Long and sometimes tedious marches through the 

 snow, up hill, down dale, and through thick forest, have 

 to be undertaken, and it is necessary to be prepared for 

 an absence of several days. 



After reaching the farthest point practicable for 

 sleighing, or even using a calash through the narrow 

 difficult paths, the camp supplies, blankets, biscuit, 

 pork, coffee, and so on, are transferred to tarboggins, 

 or light hand - sledges, which are drawn after the 

 hunters by their dusky attendants. When the snow 

 has accumulated to any depth snow-shoes are of course 

 indispensable, but these are not to be used without 



