NORTHERN OCEAN. 
Kepuine, which is a {mall fifh about the fize ofa 
fmelt, but moft excellent eating. In fome years 
they refort to the fhores near Churchill River in 
fuch multitudes to fpawn, and fuch numbers of 
them are left dry among the rocks, as at times to 
be quite offenfive. In other feafons they are fo 
{carce, that hardly a meal can be procured. 
The fame remark may be made on almoft eve- 
ry {pecies of game, which conftitutes the greatelt 
part of the fare of the people refiding in thofe 
parts, For inftance, in fome years, hundreds of 
deer may eafily be killed within a mile of York 
Fort; and in others, there is not one to be feen 
within twenty or thirty miles. One day thou- 
-fands and tens of thoufands of geefe are feen, but 
the next they all raife flight, and go tothe North’ 
to breed. Salmon, as I have lately obferved, is 
fo plentiful in fome years at Churchill River, that 
it might be procured in any quantity; at others, 
fo {carce asto be thought a great delicacy. 
In fact, after twenty years refidence in this 
country, I am perfuaded that whoever relies 
much on the produce of the different feafons, will 
frequently be deceived, and occafionally expofe 
himfelf and men to great want. 
To remedy this evil, it is moft prudent for thofe 
in command to avail themfelves of plentiful fea- 
fons, and cure a fufficient quantity of the leaft 
perifhable food, particularly geefe. 
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