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ingly fat when killed in the proper season. Of the Lesser species or Fur Kind, the Bear (black and grisled) the latter inhabits the Rocky Mountain or there abouts only, and apparently not so ferocious as those in Peace River: Beaver, Otter, Lynx, Picheux, Martin, Mink, Ermine, Wolverine, Muskrat and Wolf &c. The Natives kill the most part of the Species by running them with the assistance of dogs, until fatigued, and afterwards make use of Bow and arrows, or of Guns; they sometimes entangle these animals in snares made of green cords. They kill the Beaver and Wolverines for the most part with traps, and the others with snares. The method by which they entice the Moose Deer into the snare is performed in this manner: they clear a narrow road by felling the underwood and placing it on each side of the roads, longways, so as to

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