. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. â 1 HI NORTHERN OCEAN. of tender flefli are alfo flired fmall and boiled with it. To render this difh more palatable, they have a method of mixing the blood with the contents of the ftoniach in the paunch itfelf, and hanging it up in the heat and fmoke of the fire for feveral d
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. â 1 HI NORTHERN OCEAN. of tender flefli are alfo flired fmall and boiled with it. To render this difh more palatable, they have a method of mixing the blood with the contents of the ftoniach in the paunch itfelf, and hanging it up in the heat and fmoke of the fire for feveral days; which puts the whole mafs into a flate of fermentation, and gives it fuch an agreeable acid tafl:e, that were it not for prejudice, it might be eaten by thofe who have the niceft palates. It is true, fome people with delicate ftomachs would not be eafily perfuaded to partake of this difli, efpecially if they faw it dreflcd y for moft of the fat which is boiled in it is firft chewed by the men and boys, in order to break the globules that con- tain the fat; by whi'^h means it all boils out, and mixes with the broth : whereas, if it were permitted to remain as it came from the knife, it would ftill be in lumps, like fuet. To dojuftice, however, to their cleanlinefs in this particular, I muft obferve, that they are very careful that neither old people with bad teeth, nor young childreuj have any hand in preparing this difh. At firft, I muft acknowledge that I was rather fhy in partaking of this mefs, but when I was fufficiently convinced of the truth of the above remark, I no longer made any fcruple, but always though- it exceedingly good. The ftomach of no ether large animal befide the deer is eaten by any of the Indians that border on Hudfon's Bay. In Winter, when the deer feed on fine white mofs, the contents of the ftomach is fo much efteemed by them, that 3^7 i. ^'i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc
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