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the Cows, becraife the EulFîiloes are too tough. As for his 

 Skin, there are none better ; it is eafily dreiTed, and tho' very 

 ftrong, it becomes lupple, like the bed Shamois. The Savages 

 make Shields of it, which are very light, and which a Mufket 

 Ball will not eafily pierce. 



They find about Hud/on^ s Bay another Bull, whofe Skin and 

 Of the Mr/k ^""'^^^ fame with thofe I have already 



Bull ^ '^ defcribed. This is what M. Jeremy fays of 



^ ' it : " Fifteen Leagues from the Z)/2:zff J River,* 



^' is the River of Seals, fo called becaufe there are many in this 

 ^'^ Place. Between thefe two Rivers there is a Kind of Bulls which 

 ^' we call the Mii/jè Bulls ; becaufe they have fo ftrong a Smell of 

 Mufk, that at fome certain Times there is no fuch Thing as 

 *^ eating their Flefh. Thefe Animals have a very fine Wool, and 

 it is longer than that of the Barbary Sheep. I brought fome to 

 ^' Fmnceixi 1708, of which I had fome Stockings made, which 

 ^' were liner than thofe made of Silk. Thefe Bulls, though 

 they are fmaller xhan our's, have Horns much thicker and 

 ^' longer : Their Roots join on the Crown of the Head, and 

 ^ ^ defcend by the Side of the Eyes almoft as low as the Throat ; 

 afterwards the End rifes up, and forms a Kind of Crefcent. 

 There are fome fo large, that I have feen of them, which be- 

 " ing feparated from the Skull, weighed both together lixty 

 Pounds : Their Legs are very iliort, fo that their Wool 

 drags upon the Ground when they walk ; which makes them 

 fo deformed, that it is difficult at a little Diftance to know 

 which Way the Head Hands. There are not many of thefe 

 Animals ; fo that the Savages would foon deilroy them, if 

 they were to hunt them. Moreover, as their Legs are very 

 fhort, when there is much Snov/ they kill them with Lances, 

 as they are not able then to make any Speed." 

 The moft common Quadrupède at this Time in Canada^ is the 

 Of the Roe ^^e-^^'^^^î which differs in nothing from 

 ^ ^ " our's. It is faid that it fheds Tears when it is 



"'^ * run down by the Fîunters. Whilil it is young 



its Hair is ftriped with many Colours lengthwife : Afterwards 

 this Hair falls off, and another grows up of the Colour of the 

 common Roe-Buck. This Creature is not fierce, and is eafily 

 tamed, and feems naturally to have an AfFedion for Man. The 

 Female that is ufed to the Houfe, retires into the Woods in rut- 

 ting Time, and as foon as it has coupled w^th the Male, returns 

 a^^ain to the Floufe of her Mafter. When her Time is come to 

 . bi ing forth, fhe returns into the Woods, and remains there fome 

 Pays with her Young ; then fhe returns again to her Mafter 

 but continues to vifit her Young very affiduoufly : When the^^^" 

 think proper, they follow her and take her Young, and ihe 



brings 



