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but I never saw any. I will just cite a few which 

 I witnesed, some at his own camp and some at 

 our's. I saw him several times eat at one meal 

 a whole porcupine cooked on the spit, a yearling 

 beaver, or the tail and hind quarter of a large one. 

 None of the above contained less than seven 

 pounds of solid meat and fat. Besides this he 

 would eat a good sized galette and drink three or 

 four cups of tea to wash it down. 



On another occasion, in summer, I made him a 

 present of a nine to ten pound salmon, which he 

 polished off in one meal. He was once hired by 

 Mr. Gaudet, a land surveyor, who was making 

 some Government survey in this section. The 

 poor fellow had probably been hard up for some 

 time before and thought this was a fine chance to 

 fill up, but unfortunately it did not last very long, 

 as Mr. Gaudet had to discharge him, because he 

 would otherwise have run out of provisions before 

 completing his work. It appears from the 

 cook's statement, that he used to eat from five to 

 seven large sailors' biscuits and two pounds of 

 pork per meal. He even stated and I believe it 

 that on one occasion he had eaten about five 

 pounds of pork in one meal! So it was no won- 

 der that Mr. Gaudet did really fear that he might 

 run short of provisions. One day at Pointe des 

 Monts, several of us, who were seal hunters, were 

 together, and Charles was of the number. As 

 these feats of his were well known and frequently 



