. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . what think you of deer meat so plentiful thatone may buy a fine fat buck for two shillings ? We hadso much of venison during the winter when we livedin the cave that I have more than once turned up mynose at it, and yet an aldermans nose might wellgrow red at sight of the haunches mother served to uson that makeshift of a table which I had built. We also had not a little of bear meat; and althoughothers may eat that kind of food, if they are so disposed,it tastes too nearly like fresh pork on which sugar hasbeen sprinkled, to please me. The
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . what think you of deer meat so plentiful thatone may buy a fine fat buck for two shillings ? We hadso much of venison during the winter when we livedin the cave that I have more than once turned up mynose at it, and yet an aldermans nose might wellgrow red at sight of the haunches mother served to uson that makeshift of a table which I had built. We also had not a little of bear meat; and althoughothers may eat that kind of food, if they are so disposed,it tastes too nearly like fresh pork on which sugar hasbeen sprinkled, to please me. Then there were elk in the forests as large as smalloxen, and rabbits, squirrels, pheasants, and partridgesin great numbers, while on the water could be found,in season, swan, geese, ducks, teal, and many otherkinds of fowl. Jethro and I went often into the forest, making asexcuse that we would have a turkey, some partridges,or, perhaps, a deer; but the taking of game for foodrequired but little time, and we spent the remainder STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA. of the day watching the wild creatures who had notcome to know what a cruel enemy man is to father held strictly to it that it is sinful to killmore than may be needed for food, and I have cometo have the same belief. God gave them to us that weshould not go hungry; but surely the poor creatureswere never put in this world that we might find sportin depriving them of life. SEA FOOD Then as to fish, the waters were almost actuallyalive with them! My father and I have taken upwardof two hundred weight in a single hour, and beforewe were ashore from the John and Sarah a month, wehad stored in our outer room as much of salted fish as SEA FOOD 39 we could have eaten in two years, even though we hadbeen ravenously hungry all the while. From sturgeon to perch, we could have all thefish we cared to catch, and the sorrow of it was thatthe poor, starving wretches I have seen in Bristol mightnot have had some little portion of what we
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