144 _  & JOURNEY TO THE 
1771. taken that it does not get too much heat at firft, 
iy ig as the bag would thereby be liable to be burnt, | 
Jy. and the contents be let out. When it.is fuffici- | 
ently done, it will emit fteam, in the fame man- © 
ner as a fowl or a joint of meat; which is as 
much as to fay, Come, eat me now: and if it be 
taken in time, before the blood and other contents 
are too much done, it is certainly a moft delicious 
morfel, even without pepper, falt, or any other 
feafoning. | 
After regaling ourfelves in the moft plentiful 
manner, and taking a few hours reft, (for it was _ 
almoft impoffible to fleep for the mufkettoes,) we 
once more fet forward, direéting our courfe to. 
the North Weft by Weft; and after walking 
about nine or ten miles, arrived at that long with. 
ed-for {pot, the Copper-mine River. 
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