the AMERICAN BISON. 
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ia several places, and the Bison was couched beside 
him, apparently waiting to renew the attack had he 
shewn any signs of life. 
“ The favourite Indian method of kdhng ti 
Bison is by riding up to the fattest of the herd on 
horseback, and shooting it with an arrow. When a 
large party of hunters are engaged in tins way on 
an extensive plain, the spectacle is very imposing, 
and the young men have many^opportunities of dis- 
playing their skill and agility. * 
The pound, as it is termed, is used for taking se- 
veral kinds of the larger wild animals, and, though 
differently constructed, according to circumstances, 
is alwavs made upon the same principle of driving 
the animals within a toil or enclosure where they 
cannot escape. That for taking the buftalo has been 
described by both Captain Hall and Dr Richmdson. 
In North America, in the fur countries, “ the Buffa o 
pound was a fenced circular space of about a hun- 
dred yards in diameter ; the entrance banked up with 
snow, to a sufficient height to prevent the retreat of 
the animals that may once have entered. For about 
a mile on each side of the road leading to the pound, 
stakes were driven into the ground at nearly equal 
distances of about twenty yards. These were in- 
tended to look like men, and to deter the 
from attempting to break out on either side. With- 
in fifty or sixty yards from the pound, branches of 
trees were placed between these stakes, to skreen 
• Richardson, p. 232. 
