LETTER VIIL

PERILS OF THE HUNTERS.

Some of the sailors belonging to the
vessels under the command of Captain
Parry, took it into their heads, one day,
that they would go ashore, and see if
they could not shoot some game. They
had been living on salt provisions sO ~
long, that they wanted very much to
make a meal or two upon a haunch of
- venison, or some of the few birds and