hacks, who hying down fheir burdens-iaH 
to work upon the Carkafs, take out the 
heart, and from that the bone, cut off the 
left foot behind, draw out the finews, and 
cur out his tongue &c. and as much of 
the Venifon as will ferve to fatiate the hun- 
gry mawcs of the Company ; naean while 
the men pitch upon a place near fome 
fpring, and with their fnow (hoos fliovcl the 
inow away to the bare Earth in a circle^ 
making round about a wall of fnow^ in the 
midli th< y tiiake their Vulcan or fire near to 
a great Tree, upon the fnags whereof they 
hang their kealwS fiPd with the Venifon j 
whilrt that boils, the men after they have 
icfrcdit thtm(clvds with a pipe of Tobacco 
difpofe themfclves to flecp. The women 
tend the Cookcric, fomc of them fcrape the 
llime and fat from the skin , cleanfe the 
finews, and iiretchthem and the like, when 
the venifon is bailed „ the men awake, and 
opening of their bags take out as much 
Indian mcd.1 as will ferve their turns for the 
prefent , they cat their broth with fpooas, 
and thcir fl.fli they divide into gobbets,eaf-^ 
ing now and then withi it as much mea! as 
rhey can hold betwixt three fingers, their 
drink rb^y fecch from the fpring, and were 
pot acquiintcd with other, untill the French 
^and Englifij cradtd with that cuifcd liquor 
called 
