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the leeward of them. I killed the stag, and, we 

 both fired at the hind, but niissed her. Another 

 stag, some years younger, then made his appear- 

 ance; but having discovered us, before we saw 

 him, I was prevented from approaching nearer 

 than a hundred and fifty yards: I fired at him, 

 but without doing any execution. 



The other two men having joined us, we at- 

 tempted to carry the stag to the boat; but he was 

 too heavy for us to lift off the ground, till he was 

 paunched and his head cut off near to his shoul- 

 ders. Even then, we could carry him but a few 

 yards at a time, although he had not an ounce of 

 fat; as this is the rutting season. His* horns are 

 a noble, branching pair; with fift^-six points. 



Thursday, November 1, 1770. The Indian men 

 came here this morning; and Attuiock walked 

 with me to Watson Pond, where I seated a little, 

 at which he was greatly astonished, having never 

 seen any such thing before. From thence we took 

 a short circuit, and looked at three slips. Attui- 

 ock killed a spruce-game with an arrow. 



Monday, November 5, 1770. At day-light I sent 

 the furriers to Watson Brook, where they found 

 three martens caught; and brought home three of 

 the traps, which they afterwards tailed in the path 

 of Prospect Hill; they also built another death- 

 fall there. I caught a marten near the river side, 

 and tailed the two double-spring traps on the 

 north shore. Ned cut a path to the brook, and 



* The head of this stag is now in Averham. Park Lodge, in the county 

 of Nottingham. 



