Snowshoe Hare

Collected by Frederick W. Waugh from the Innu (Montagnais-Naskapi) people of Québec, Canada. The Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) inhabits the subarctic forests in which the Innu hunt. It is brown in the summer, but white in the winter. The animal's large hind feet prevent it from sinking in the snow when it hops.

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1  2  3  4  5  6  all © 2010 ISFA. All rights reserved.		Step 5 - Distally transfer the R2 loop to L1 (in other words, use L1 to remove the R2 loop, inserting L1 from the fingertip side). Withdraw R3 from the R345 loop, then Navajo the L1 loops (lift the proximal double loop over distal single loop and release it on the far side of L1); release the R1 loop and extend.