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MEMOIR OP PENNANT. 
to the manes of the deceased bears conclude the 
whole. They then sally forth amidst the acclama- 
tions of the village, equipped as if for war, and 
painted black. Every able hunter is on a level with 
a great warrior ; hut he must have killed his dozen 
great beasts before his character is established ; 
after which his alliance is as much courted as that 
of the most valiant captain. They then proceed on 
their way in a direct line ; neither rivers, marshes, 
nor any other impediments stop their course ; driv- 
ing before them all the beasts which they find in 
their way. When they arrive at the hunting ground, 
they surround as large a space as their company 
will admit, and then contract their order; search- 
ing, as they close in, every hollow tree, and every 
place fit for the retreat of the hear ; and continue 
the same practice till the time of the chase is 
expired. 
“ As soon as a hear is killed, a hunter puts into 
its mouth a lighted pipe of tobacco, and blowing 
into it, fills the throat with smoke, conjuring the 
spirit of the animal not to resent what they are 
going to do to its body, nor to render their future 
chases imsuccessfiil. As the beast makes no reply, 
they cut out the string of the tongue, and throw it 
into the fire. If it crackles and runs in (which it 
is almost sure to do), they accept it as a good omen ; 
if not, they consider that the spirit of the beast is 
not appeased, and that the chase of the next year 
will he unfortunate. 
