2o8 TRAVELS through 



The foldiers melted the fat, and got ^bove 

 one hundred and twenty pots of oil from it* , 

 you mull know that the bears come out of their 

 holes as foon as the fruits begin to ripen, and 

 they do not go in again till they are all eaten up. 

 They then ftay in their retreats till the next fea- 

 fon, and neither eat nor drink during that in- 

 terval ; their greafe is the only thing they feed 

 upon, by fucking their paws. It is dangerous 

 to meet a lean one without company. The In- 

 dians make a great trade with bears' fkins, and 

 treat their friends with their paws and tongues 5 

 they have often regaled me v/ith them on my 

 voyages, and I found them extremely good. 



I dire6l this letter to Campeach^ to M. de Arra- 

 gory, the agent of tliC French marine, who will 

 fend it to Cadiz^ from whence it will come fafer 

 to; you than by our veiTels, as Spain is not ac 

 yvar with England : I do not write duplicates of 

 this letter, befides, I hope to fet cut for Europe 

 next April. 



I am, S I R, ^CG. &g. 



^At New Orleans^ the i^th 

 of February 1757. 



L E T-' 



••■ Eears oil is very good to eat, in Louijiana they make ufe* 

 of it for fallad, for frying, and for fauces, and prefer it ttf 

 Kog's lard. The pot holds about two quarts Englilh.- 



