staking

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50735

stake v They kill beavers by watching for, and shooting them; or, by staking their houses; the method of doing which I will endeavour to explain: They kill beavers by watching for, and shooting them; or, by staking their houses; the method of doing which I will endeavour to explain: If the pond, where the beaver house is, be not capable of being drawn dry, they cut a hole through the roof of the house into the lodging, to discover the angles; they then run stakes through at the edge of the water, where the house is always soft, parallel to each other, across each angle, and so near together that no beaver can pass between. The stakes being all fitted in their places [over] [reverse] they draw them up to permit the beavers to return into the house, (the hole on the top being covered up so close as not to admit any light) and then hunt with their dogs, backwards and forwards, round the edges of the pond to discover where they have hid themselves under the hollow banks; taking es- pecial care, not to go near the house, until they can find them no longer any where else. They then approach it very cau- tiously, replace the stakes with the utmost expedition, throw the covering off the hole, and kill them with spears made for the purpose. When they have a canoe, they will drive the pond in the manner already described, without disturbing the house; and, when they suppose the beavers are all in, they place PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J. KIRWIN JAN 1973 JH JAN 1973 Used I Not used 1 Used I longer fence, stake driver, stake fence, stake maul, stake mail Reverse of card at S_19892