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'77^ tion to that of the former. Their greateft reliance Teems to 

 be upon the fea, as aflbrding fifh, mufcles, and fmaller 

 fliell-fifli, and fea-animals. Of the firft, the principal are 

 herrings and fardines^ the two fpecies of bream formerly 

 mentioned ; and fmall cod. But the herrings and fardines 

 are not only eaten frefli, in their feafon, but likewife ferve 

 as (lores, which, after being dried and fmoked, are pre- 

 ferved by being fewed up in mats, fo as to form large bales, 

 three or four feet fquare. It feems that the herrings alfo 

 •fupply them with another grand refource for food ; which 

 is a vafl quantity of roe, very curioufly prepared. It is 

 ftrewed upon, or, as it were, incruftated about, fmall 

 •branches of the Canadian pine. They alfo prepare it upon 

 a long narrow fea-grafs, which grows plentifully upon the 

 rocks, under water. This caviare, if it may be fo called, 

 is kept in bafkets or bags of mat, and ufed occafionally, be- 

 ing firft dipped in water. It may be confidered as the win- 

 ter bread of thefe people, and has no difagreeable tafte. 

 They alfo eat the roe of fome other fifh, which, from the 

 fize of its grains, mud be very large; but it has a rancid 

 tafte and fmell. It does not appear that they prepare any 

 other fifh in this manner, to preferve them for any length of 

 time. For though they fplit and dry a few of the bream and 

 chi»ur£, v/hich are pretty plentiful; they do not fmoke them 

 as the herrings and fardines. 



The next article, on which they feem to depend for a large 

 proportion of their food, is the large mufcle ; great abund- 

 ance of which arc found in the Sound. Thefe are roafted 

 in their fliells, then ftuck upon long wooden fkcwers, and 

 taken off occafionally as wanted; being cat without any 

 other preparation, though they often dip them in oil, as a 

 fauce. Tlie other marine produdions, fuch as the fmaller 



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