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us. As foon as thefe Animals perceiv'd Day-light, 

 they cameoutof their Holes, which were immedi- 

 ately ftop'd up by the Savages, and upon that the 

 Dogs fetch'd 'em up with eafe. We faw but two 

 of 'em, which made a vigorous defence againft ths 

 Dogs, but were ftrangled after a difpute of half an 

 hour. Thefe Animals are not unlike a Badger, on- 

 ly they are bigger, and more mifchievous. Tho' 

 our Dogs Ihew'd a great deal of Courage in attack- 

 ing theCarcaionx, they betray'd their Cowardice the 

 next day in a rencounter with a Porcupine, which 

 we fpy'd upon a little Tree. To obtain the pleafure 

 of feeingf the Porcupine fall, we cut down the Tree ; 

 but neither the Dogs nor we durft go near it : The . 

 Dogs onlybark'd and jump'd round it ; for it dart- 

 ed its long and hard hair like fo many Bodkins," 

 three or four paces off. At laft we pelted it to 

 death, and put it upon the fire to burn offits Darts ; 

 after which we fcalded it like a Pig, took out the 

 Intrails, and roafted it : But tho' 'twas very fat, I 

 could notreli/h itfo well as to comply with the 

 atfertion of the Natives, who alledge, that it eats 

 as well as a Capon or a Partridge. 



After the Turtle-Doves had all pafs'd over the 

 place, in quell of their Southern retreats, the Sa- 

 vages offer'd to fend feme of their number with 

 Canows to condudl me home, before the Rivers 

 and Lakes were frozen over; for themfelves were 

 to tarry out for the Elk-hunting; and they imagin'd 

 that the Cold and Hardlhip attending that Exercife, 

 had made me fick of it the year before. Howe 

 ver, we had then a Month good before the com- 

 mencement of the Froft, and in that interval of 

 time, they proffer'd to entertain me with more 

 diverting Game than any I had feen before. They 

 propos'd to go fifteen or fixteen Leagues further up 

 the Country, alluring me, that they knew of a cer- 

 tain place that had the moft advantageous fituati. 



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