takes care of him ; five or ten miles furtlier, he again finds another wife who keeps house and so on to several ; commonly buying up peltries through the country. But as those inland find that furs are sold clieap among them, they come down themselves to the rivers and trade witli tlie Nations as best they can. Also those who will trade with them must furnish them food at an inhabitant's in the village -- let them cook theii* meat and fish there, as much as they like, and then they thank the trader. In other respects, they are extremely hospitable ; the one lodges with the other without any ceremony, on similar compensation. Those who come from the interior, yea thirty days journey, declare there is considerable water every where and that the upper country is marshy ; they make mention of

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great freshets which lay waste tlieir lands ; so that what many say may be true, that Hudson's Bay runs through to the South sea, and is navigable, except when obstructed by the ice to the nortliward. It were desirable that it were once proved. Those who made the last voyage are of the same opinion, as they found all open sea, a rapid current and whales.

They live in summer mostly on fish. The men repair to the

river and catch a great quantity in a short time, as it

The food of is full and furnishes various sorts. The arrows they