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careful that neither old people with bad teeth, 
nor young children, 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 fufliciently convinced of the truth of the 
above remark, I no longer made any fcruple, but. 
always thought it exceedingly good. 
The ftomach of no other large animal befide. 
the deer is eaten by any of the Indians that bor- 
der on Hud{on’s Bay. In Winter, whenthedeer . 
feed on fine white mofs, the contents of the fto- 
mach is fo much efteemed by them, that I have 
often feen them fit round a deer where it was 
killed, and eat it warm out of the paunch. In 
Summer the deer feed more coarfely, and there- 
fore this difh, if it deferve that appellation, is then 
not fo much in favour. 
The young calves, fawns, beaver, &'c. taken out 
of the bellies of their mothers, are reckoned moft 
_ delicate food; and I am not the only European 
who heartily joins in pronouncing them the great- 
eft dainties that can be eaten. Many gentlemen 
who have ferved with me at Churchill, as well as 
at York Fort, and the inland fettlements, will 
readily agree with me in aflerting, that no one 
who ever got the better of prejudice fo far as to 
tafte of thofe young animals, but has immediate. 
iy become exceflively fond of them; and the 
fame may be faid of young geefe, ducks, tc. in 
the fhell. In fact, it is almoft become a proverb 
in the Northern fettlements, that whoever 
wifhes 
