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 erecting their wigwams, which they 

 difpatch with great addrefs and quick- 

 xiefs. I ftill enjoyed the proteftion of 

 my two good Indian women, who 

 made me their gueft here as before ; 

 they firft regaled me with fea-eggs, and 

 then went out upon another kind of 

 fifliery by the means of dogs and nets, 

 Thefe dogs are a cur-Hke looking ani- 

 mal ; but very fagacious, and eafily 

 trained to this bufinefs. Though in 

 appearance an uncomfortable fort of 

 fport ; yet they engage in it readily, 

 feem to enjoy it much, and exprefs their 

 eagernefs by barking every time they 

 raife their heads above the water to 

 breathe. The net is held by two In- 

 dians, who get into the water ; then the 

 dogs, taking a large compafs, dive after 

 the fi(h, and drive them into the net ; 

 but it is only in particular places that 

 the fifti are taken in this manner. At 



file clofe of the evening, the women 



brought 



