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resin, one of nitre, and a sprinkling of rosemary and 

 lavender. 



Drops. 



It is not uncommon in medicine to prescribe so 

 many drops, yet not only do drops of fluids from the 

 same vessel, and often of the same fluids from different 

 vessels, differ in size, but also drops of the same 

 fluid, to the extent of a third, from different parts of 

 the lip of the same vessel. 



Gluttony. 



An Esquimaux can devour four or five pounds of 

 blubber at a sitting, and at least ten in the course of 

 a day. During Captain Parry's second voyage, it 

 was tried, as a matter of curiosity, how much a full- 

 grown Esquimaux lad would, if freely supplied, con- 

 sume. The articles mentioned below were weighed 

 before they were given to him ; he was twenty-four 

 hours in getting through them, suffered no subse- 

 quent inconvenience, and certainly did not consider 

 the quantity extraordinary. 



Ibs. oz. 



Sea-horse flesh (or blubber), 7 



j i_ j f ' > . 4 4 



raw and hard frozen 3 



Ditto ditto boiled .... 4 4 

 Bread and bread-dust .... 1 12 



Total 10 4 



The fluids were in fair proportion, viz. 

 Rich gravy-soup . . 1 J pint. 

 Raw spirits .... 3 wine glasses. 

 Strong grog ... 1 tumbler. 

 Water 1 gallon and 1 pint. 



Another Esquimaux, who visUed Captain Lyon, 



