I asked him how the old fellow had done?--he said "I suppose it was as they "frequently do--i.e. bury a piece of my meat in the Ground & pray the Devil "to prevent my killing: for the Iroquois, when they take it in their head, "are very wicked, & do not want power"!--A few days ago a half-breed, abandoned with the indians, came in; & amongst his other _wantages_ asked me for a small piece of (red) sealing- wax "because my brother cannot draw blood from the animals he fires at: by heating his Gun & ap- "plying this wax the blood will flow profusely from the wounds". He expressed himself afraid that his brother might have been bewitched & by retarding this operation he might enter _dans sa mal chance_!" (36) These few _examples_ will suffice to shew you that they have different methods of _bewitching_ & also different ways of clearing themselves. And the faith, & dread, they have of this, is scarcely credible; & the consequences are often too uncommonly distressing.--I shall now give you of the Story of the Hairy Breasts. Near the days of _Noah_, nations were few & small. Weesuckajock (noah, I shall call him for abbreviation sake) had a son as I told you before whose name was Nay-hân-nee-mis. Being straitned for provisions he went out to angle with some of the Hairy-Breasts. They came to a Lake, pierced several holes, but the North (or North wind, as you chuse) being envious of Nayhanemis, froze the water down to the very ground; so that in the deepest parts they found but Earth & after much digging at last reached the bottom; but behold that also was frozen! & who knows to what depth in the Earth? Finding this to be the case Nays, addressed his freinds thus--"I see this is the doings of the N. Wind (now by rights the N. Wind ought to have been his maternal Gnd Father--but what cannot envy do?) "he is envious of us, & wants to make "us die of hunger--but he shall not!--I have to propose to you to cut off my head--rip "up my body, beginning at the throat--You must not hurt nor break any single "one of my bones; but carefully take off all the flesh, dry it, & make Pounded meat of it. "of this you must sprinkle a little in every one of the holes; you must also _chop_ up "my Heart into very small pieces & throw a few of these pieces also into each hole: then put in "your lines, & you'll take as many fish as you please. But my bones you must put in a "heap, carefully by themselves. Mind! upon your faithful observance of all these commands "depends our mutual safety. The North thinks himself sole master, & would wish to "crush us because we begin to have a little knowledge: but he shall know me!" They done accordingly, & accordingly also they took abundance of fish. North per- ceived this: he came to see, & finding himself thus frustrated inquired how it came about?--they told: He challenged Nays. who by this time had revived; & besides