Truip. 
CHASE. 
ANOTHER 
METHOD. 
BoC SiesOt 
There they are feen feeding in herds innumerable, promifcuoully with 
multitudes of ftags and deer, during morning and evening; retiring 
in the fultry heats into the fhade of tall reeds, which border the rivers 
of América. 
They are exceedingly fhy; and very fearful of man, unlefs they are 
wounded, when they purfue their enemy, and become very dangerous. 
The chafe of thefe animals is a favorite diverfion of the Jndians : 
it is effected in two ways; firft, by fhooting; when the markfman 
mutt take great care to go againft the wind, for their fmell is fo ex- 
quifite that the moment they get fcent of him they inftantly retire 
with the utmoft precipitation *. He aims at their fhoulders, that they 
may drop at once, and not be irritated by an ineffectual wound. Pro- 
vided the wind does not favor the beafts, they may be approached very 
near, being blinded by the hair which covers their eyes. The other 
method is performed by a great number of men, who divide and 
form a vaft fquare: each band fets fire to the dry grafs of the favanna 
where the herds are feeding; thefe animals have a great dread of 
fire, which they fee approach on all fides; they retire from it to the 
center of the fquare t+ ; the bands clofe, and kill them (preffed toge- 
ther in heaps) without the left hazard. It 18 pretended, that on 
every expedition of this nature, they kill fifteen hundred or two 
thoufand beeves. 
The hunting-grounds are prefcribed with great form, leaft the dif- 
ferent bands fhould meet, and interfere in the diverfion. Penalties 
are enacted on fuch who infringe the regulations, as well as on thofe 
who quit their pofts, and fuffer the beafts to efcape from the hollow 
{quares; the punifhments are, the {tripping the delinquents, the 
taking away their arms (which is the greateft difgrace a favage can 
undergo), or laftly, the demolition of their cabins f. 
® Du Pratz, i. 49. ii. 2276 + Charlevoix, N. France, v. 192. 
t Charlevoix, V. 192+ 
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