. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Porpoise - Shooting. 477. rill-: CAMI' Al INllIAS IIKACII (onslnictctl of cirifl-wood, art- placed just above liij^h-watcr mark, and undn- \\\r. shclirr of tlu" ox ,dn,<,f cliff's. Drenched with salt water, and as huni^rj, as wolves, we unpacked the cantu' and carried nur " possibles " to St-batis's camp. Porpoise-shootinj.! affonls to the Indians of llu; l*assama(|U(Hldy tribt' their principal means of su|)port. It
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Porpoise - Shooting. 477. rill-: CAMI' Al INllIAS IIKACII (onslnictctl of cirifl-wood, art- placed just above liij^h-watcr mark, and undn- \\\r. shclirr of tlu" ox ,dn,<,f cliff's. Drenched with salt water, and as huni^rj, as wolves, we unpacked the cantu' and carried nur " possibles " to St-batis's camp. Porpoise-shootinj.! affonls to the Indians of llu; l*assama(|U(Hldy tribt' their principal means of su|)port. It is practicil at all seasons of" the year, but the f'lsh killed in the w inter are the fattest and j^Mve the larv;est (juantities of oil. The iarj^est-sizinl porpoises measure about sevt-n feet in lenj^th. about the jj^irth five feet, weij^h three hundred pounds ami upward, and yield from six to seven j^allons of oil. Ihe blubber is about one anil one half inches thick in simimer, anil two inches thick in winter, at which time thi' creature is in its best condition. The blubber from a larj^e porpoise about one hundred pounds. The Indians try out the oil in a very primitive manner, and with rude but picturesipie appliances. Thi; blubber is stripped ofif. then cut into small pieces, which are placeil in iron pots and melted over a fire. .\11 alonij the beach were placed, at intervals, curious structures, consistinij of two uprij^ht pieces of wooil surmounted by a cross-pii-ci', from which the pots were lumji,^ by chains. I'nderthis cross-piece larije stones were piled in a si-mi- circle. inside of which a fire was made that was allowed to burn fiercely until the stones were at a white heat. The fire was then iii 1 ^ â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayer, Alfred M. (A
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