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ELK. 
these obstacles, it has been sometimes known to 
last for two or three days together before the beast 
is captured. The Indian, to prevent his sinking in 
the snow, provides himself with broad snow-shoes ; 
and with these he goes steadily on till the fatigued 
animal suffers him to get near enough to dart his 
lance, which he does with a dexterity that seldom 
fails to effect his purpose : the poor wounded deer, 
thus excited to redouble his exertions, leaves his 
pursuer at a distance, till, his strength failing, he is 
obliged again to expose himself to the dart of the 
hunter, and again attempts to escape. Tired at 
length and completely spent with the loss of blood, 
he is compelled to submit to a fate, which nothing 
but stratagem on the part of his adversary could ever 
enable him to effect. 
Mr. Pennant, in his Arctic Zoology, has men- 
tioned different ways of hunting these animals, 
extracted from Charlevoix. The first and most 
simple is before the lakes or rivers are frozen ; 
when a great number of Indians assemble in their 
canoes, and form with them an extensive crescent, 
each horn touching the shore. Another party per- 
form their share of the chase in the woods; where 
they surround an extensive tract, and, having un- 
loosed their dogs, press towards the water with 
loud cries. The timid creatures, terrified at the 
noise, fly before the hunters, and plunge into the 
lake; where they are killed by the people in the 
canoes. 
The other method is thus described: “ The savages 
