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Cape Bretou, and are furuislied with lirearms, are 

 also their imphioable enemies; and greatly an 

 overmatch for these poor wretches, who have 

 nu better defensive weapons, than bows and 

 arrows. 



In consequence of their having so many, and 

 such formidable enemies, they generally keep 

 themselves concealed in tlio woods, in places best 

 situated for discovering the approach of danger; 

 and from whence thev can make a safe and un- 

 perceived retreat. Whole summers therefore 

 often pass without an Indian been seen, although 

 fresh vestiges of them are daily observed. When I 

 was formerlv in Newfoundland, both in the vears 

 1766 and 1768, I met with whigwhams upon sev- 

 eral of these islands (which are very numerous) 

 in which the fires were burning; yet I never saw 

 an Indian: nor should I have been gratified with 

 a sight of one now, had they not supposed, that 

 we were at too great a distance to discover them. 



TJnrrsiJdji, Juhj 12, 1770. We got under sail at 

 day-light, and ^^'ent to Night Island. At six 

 o'clock we came to anchor off the west end of it, 

 and landed with all the hounds. It w^as not long 

 before we found a fox, and chased him for four 

 hours: but the weather was then so wvy hot, that 

 the dogs could Iniiil no longer. AVe then re-em- 

 barkcfl .'ukI mndc s.-iil for rimi'lcs's Brook, wbci-e 

 we ai"]-i\('<| a1 sun-sel. 



Fridai/, J/i/i/ /.7, 1770. I fook a shoi't walk this 

 morning into sonic neigli})oui"ing mai-shes, niid ex- 

 pected to have nu'f wilb a dcci-, biH saw none. Oji 



