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In the neighbourhood of Hudfon's Bay, there are great 

 herds of wild Rein-deer: Columns of many thoufands 

 annually pafs from North to South in the months of 

 March and April. In that feafon, the mufkatoes are ve- 

 ry troublefome, and oblige them to quit the woods, and 

 feek refreshment on the more and open country. Great 

 numbers of beads of prey follow the herds. The Wolves 

 (ingle out the ftragglers, detach them from the flock, and 

 hunt them down : The Foxes attend at a diftance, to 

 pick up the offals left by the former. — In autumn, the 

 Deer, with the fawns bred during the fummer, remigrate 

 northward. 



