Chap. II, 



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id fmooth wrought Cords, fo fl 

 that it will tofs a Horfe if he be caught in it. 



In the Trade of FiOiing they are very expert, being experiene'd in the know- 



ledge of all Baits for leveral Fiflies, and divers Seafons; being not ignorant like. 



wife of the removal of Fifties, knowing when toFilh in Rivers, and when at Rocks 



when in Bays, and when at Seas : Since the English came they are furnifiYd with 



Enghsh Hooks and Lines, for before they made them of Hemp, being more curi- 



oully wrought,of ftronger Materials than ours, and hook'd with Bone-Hooks - but 



lazinefsdrivesthemtobuy, more than profit or commendations wins them to 



make of their own. They make likewife very ftrong Sturgeon-nets, with which 



they catch Sturgeons of twelve, fourteen, and fixteen, and fome eighteen Foot loner 



in the day-time, and in the nighttime they betake themfclves to their Birchen 



Canoos, in which they carry a forty-fathom Line, with a marp-bearded Dart faftned 



at the end thereof . then lighting a Torch made of Birchen Rinds, they wave it 



to and again by their Canoo fide, which the Sturgeon much delighted with, comes to 



them tumbling and playing, turning up his white Belly, into which they thruft their 



Lance, his Back being impenetrable • which done, they hale to the Shore their 



ftrugling Prize. They have often recourfe into the Rocks whereupon the Sea beats 



in warm Weather, to look out for fleepy Seals, whofe Oyl they much cfteem, ufing 



it for divers things. In Summer they Fifli any where, but in Winter in the frefli 



Water onely, and Ponds . in frofty Weather they cut round Holes in the Ice, about 



which they will fit like fo many Apes with their naked Breeches upon the cold Ice, 



catching of Pikes, Pearches, Breams, and other forts of frefh-WaterFifh. 



Their Arts and Manufactures are divers, as firft their dreffing of all manner OftWrA* 

 of Sk.ns, which they do by fcraping and rubbing, afterwards painting them aLH****' 

 with antique Embroiderings in unchangeable Colours . fometimes they take 

 offtheHair, efpeciallyif it be not kill'd in feafon. Their Bowes they make of a 

 handfom flupe, ftrung commonly with the Sinews of Moofes , their Arrows of 

 young Elder, feather'd with Feathers of Eagles Wings and Tails, headed with 

 Brafs in fliape of a Heart or Triangle, faftned in a (lender piece of Wood fix or 

 eight Inches long, which is fram'd to put loofe in the pithy Elder , aftewards 

 bound faft for riving : Their Arrows are made in this manner, becaufe it might 

 fhake from his Head, and be left behind for their finding, and the Pile onely re- 

 main to gaul the wounded Beaft. Their Cordage is fo evert, foft, and fmooth, that, 

 it looks more like Silk than Hemp. Their Sturgeon Nets are not deep, nor above 

 thirty or forty Foot long, which in ebbing low Waters they ftakc faft to the 

 Ground where they are fure the Sturgeon will come, never looking more at it till 

 the next low Water. Their Canoos are made either of Pine-trees, which before they 

 were acquainted with English Tools, they burn'd hollow, fcraping them fmooth 

 with Clam-fliells and Oyfter-ffiells, cutting their out.fides with Stone Hatchets. 

 Thefe Boats are not above a Foot and a half, or two Foot wide, and twenty Foot 

 long. Their other Canoos be made of thin Birch Rinds, clofe Ribb'd, and on the 

 in-fide with broad thin Hoops, like the Hoops of a Tub • thefe are made very 

 light, a Man may carry one of them a Mile, being made purpofely to carry from 

 River to River, and from Bay to Bay, to fliorten Land-paffages. In thefe cockling 

 Fly.boats, wherein an English-tmn can fcarce fit without a fearful tottering, they 

 will venture to Sea, when an English Shallop dare not bear a Knot of Sail, fcudding 

 over the over-grown Waves as faft as a wind-driven Ship, being driven by their 

 Paddles, being much like Battle.doors ; if a crofs Wave (which is feldom) turn her 

 Keel up-fide down, they by fwimming free her, and fcramble into her again. 



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