Mr.Heriot, to shew us the mode of hunting on horseback, or, as the traders term it, running of the buffalo, went in chase of a cow, and killed it after firing three shots.
The buffalo is a huge and shapeless animal, quite devoid of grace or beauty; particularly awkward in running, but by no means slow; when put to his speed, he plunges through the deep snow very expeditiously; the hair is dark brown, very shaggy, curling about the head, neck, and hump, and almost covering the eye, particularly in the bull, which is larger and more unsightly than the cow.

The most esteemed part of the animal is the hump, called by the Canadians _bos_, by the Hudson's Bay people the _wig_; it is merely a strong muscle, on which nature at certain seasons forms a considerable quantity of fat.

It is attached to the long spinous processes of the first dorsal vertebrae, and seems to be destined to support the enormous head of the animal.

The meat which covers the spinal processes themselves, after the wig is removed, is next in esteem for its flavour and juiciness, and is more exclusively termed the hump by the hunters.
The party was prevented from visiting a Stone Indian encampment by a heavy fall of snow, which made it impracticable to go and return the same day.

We were dissuaded from sleeping at their tents by the interpreter at the N.W.post, who told us they considered the hooping-cough and measles, under which they were now suffering, to have been introduced by some white people recently arrived in the country, and that he feared those who had lost relatives, imagining we were the persons, might vent their revenge on us.