﻿1847. PEMICAN. 39 



The natives dry their venison by exposing the 

 thin slices to the heat of the sun, on a stage, under 

 which a small fire is kept, more for the purpose 

 of driving away the flies by the smoke than for 

 promoting exsiccation ; and then they pound it 

 between two stones on a bison hide. In this 

 process the pounded meat is contaminated by a 

 greater or smaller admixture of hair and other im- 

 purities. The fat, which is generally the suet of 

 the bison, is added by the traders, who purchase it 

 separately from the natives, and they complete the 

 process by sewing up the pemican in a bag of un- 



factured in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, in Midsummer 

 quarter, ] 847 : 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 

 Fresh beef 35,651 lbs. at G^d. per lb. 979 10 1 

 Lard - 7,549 — at 88«. per cwt. 296 1 1 4 

 Currants - 1,008 — at Ms. per cwt. 37 16 

 Sugar - 280— at 31 5. 2c?. per cwt. 3 17 11 



1,317 15 4 



114 14 8 



1,432 10 

 Deduct for scraps of fat sold - - - - 35 181 



1,396 11 11 



Quantity of pemican manufactured 17,424 lbs. ; average cost 

 per lb. 1*. l\d. 



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