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which has been given in to the Royal Society; 
and which is, in reality, the only thing we have 
to keep a journal of here in the winter feafon ; 
and therefore, what I have farther to offer is in fhort 
memorandums, which I made when the circumftancc 
mentioned occurred to me ; but as they will fcarcely 
appear intelligible, in that form, to any but myfelf, 
1 fhall endeavour to throw it into a fort of hiflorical 
account of the feafons, 'and manner of living, in that 
part of the world. 
We arrived at Churchill juft in the height of what 
is called the fmall bird feafon, which confifts of 
young geefe, ducks, curlews, plover, &c. This 
begins about the latter end of July, and lafts till 
the beginning of September, when the greater part 
of thefe birds leave that part of the country. The 
geefe then begin to go fail to the fouthward, and 
continue to do fo until the beginning of Odlober. 
This is called the autumnal goofe-feafon, in which 
every perfon, both native and European, that can be 
fpared, is employed ; but they feldom kill more 
geefe at this time than they can confume frefh. 
By the middle of October the ground is generally 
covered with fnow. The partridges then begin 
to be very plentiful ; and as loon as that happens, 
the hunters repair to fuch places as they think moft 
probable to meet with plenty of game in. The Englifh 
generally go out in parties of three or four, taking with 
them their guns, a kettle, a few blankets, a buffalo, 
or beaver fkin coverlid, and a covering for their tent; 
which is made of deers fkins, dreifed by the natives, 
and fewed together, fo as to make it of a proper form 
and iize. In pitching their tents, they have an eye 
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