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though a black-duck in condition runs 

 it close ? Bear steaks are apt to make a 

 man forget prudence; caribou tongue, 

 caribou liver and bacon, and caribou 

 saddle add not a little to the sum of hu- 

 man joy. Moose soup has a distinction 

 and flavour that no other soup possesses. 

 A great trout enveloped in wet paper 

 and cooked in the ashes creates a pro- 

 found impression on persons of taste 

 and sensibility, while the same creature 

 lightly smoked, and prepared for the 

 table a la Finnan haddie, almost causes 

 one to overlook the absence of eggs and 

 bacon at breakfast. If you weary of 

 trout from the frying-pan, try them 

 boiled in the company of an onion, or 

 cunningly made into a ragout with pota- 

 toes, biscuits, and pork. The consump- 

 tion of the vegetable at once most loved 

 and most dreaded is attended in this 

 happy land with no regrets, and glanc- 

 ing at him in this oblique manner, asso- 

 ciated perhaps with a hard-tack for 



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