3868 THE DEER OF AMERICA. 
of ways made by rows of bushes, where the deer become fairly 
dazed, and are slaughtered with spears, and even clubs, the 
women and children in the meantime guarding the outside of the 
inclosure to prevent the escape of any. The number slaughtered 
in this way is very great, and furnishes the natives with provision 
in great abundance. 
We have many facts related of the Barren-ground Caribou 
which serve to inform us of the degree and accuracy of their 
powers of vision, and from these I think we may safely conclude 
that if their sense of sight is quick it is not reliable. Indeed 
we are led to the conclusion that they identify objects with less 
certainty than any of the other deer. As we have just seen, 
rows of bushes or piles of stone placed at considerable distances 
apart serve to prevent them from passing the lines, and guide 
them to the pound into which they are driven. This shows that 
they do not identify the objects which guide them, nor do they~ 
in their confusion even individualize those objects, but to them 
they are so confused that they appear to form continuous lines 
on either side, else they would pass out between them. This 
defect of vision is further illustrated by what Captain Franklin 
says of this deer, as quoted by Richardson: ‘“‘ The Reindeer has 
a quick eye, but the hunter, by keeping to the windward of 
them, and using a little caution, may approach very near, their 
apprehensions being much more easily aroused by the smell than 
the sight of any unusual object. Indeed, their curiosity often 
causes them to come close up to and wheel round the hunter, 
thus affording him a good opportunity of singling out the fattest 
of the herd; and upon these occasions they become so confused 
by the shouts and gestures of their enemy that they run back- 
wards and forwards with great rapidity, but without the power 
of making their escape. The Copper Indians find by experience 
that a white dress attracts them most readily, and they often 
succeed in bringing them within shot by kneeling and vibrating 
the gun from side to side in imitation of the motion of the deer’s 
horns, when he is in the act of rubbing his head against a 
stone. The Dog-rib Indians have a way of killing these ani- 
mals which, though simple, is very successful. It is thus de- 
seribed by Mr. Wentzell, who resided long amongst that people. 
The hunters go in pairs, the foremost man carrying in one hand 
the horns and part of the skin of the head of a deer, and in the 
other a small bunch of twigs, against which he, from time to 
time, rubs the horns, imitating the gestures peculiar to the animal. 
