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minations. The marrow is tlien scooped out with a piece of wood cut 

 into the form of a spoon, and eaten on the instant by the members of the 

 party, seated around the camp fire. A feast of this kind can only be 

 fully enjoyed after a successful hunt. When the marrow is collected in 

 quantity for storing* during the hunting season, which occurs usually 

 twice a year, the bones of the larger animals are broken into small frag- 

 ments and boiled in water until all the marrow which they contain and 

 the grease which adheres to them are separated, and rise to the surface, 

 when they are skimmed off and packed in bladders, or in the muscular 

 coat of the stomach and in the large intestines, which have been pre- 

 viously x)repared for this use. Not only is the marrow of the large 

 bones of the limbs preserved in this manner, but also that of the verte- 

 bral column. The bones of this are comminuted by pounding them with 

 a stone hammer, similar to those which are plowed up in the Eastern 

 States. 



