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I killed the liincl with one gun, and shot the calf 

 through the neck with the other. The stags went 

 off and crossed Long Pool ; I followed the calf for 

 about a mile, and shot her through the side; but 

 was obliged to slip my greyhound, before I could 

 secure her. I stripped and quartered both the 

 deer, and hung the venison upon some trees. 

 While I was employed on the hind, a raven ^ came 

 and perched on a tree within shot, and I killed him, 

 also. I did not get home till the evening, and was 

 both tired and wet; for the snow was a foot deep 

 on the ground, and the trees were loaded with it. 



Sunday, November 11, 1770. The Indians made 

 me a visit today, and complained, that their pro- 

 visions were entirely exhausted. I gave them a 

 skin-bag of oil, which Mr. Lucas purchased at 

 Auchbucktoke, and left here. No people on earth, 

 I think, except themselves, would have eaten its 

 contents; for it had been filled with phrippers, 

 pieces of flesh, and rands of seals' fat. It was a 

 complete mixture of oil and corruption, with an 

 intolerable stench; even the very sight of it was 

 nauseous. The Indians, however, were of a dif- 

 ferent opinion, and considered it as a most luxuri- 

 ous treat. I had a marten in my trap on Dog 

 Point. 



Saturday, November 17, 1770. This morning I 

 ordered Charles and Haines to make the necessary 

 preparations, and attend me to Chateau; to return 

 the visit of my friends Messrs. Jones and Mac- 

 leod: accordingly, being provided with a proper 



1 Northern raven, Corvus corax principalis. 



