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which they dry in the sun ; a stock of these bis- 

 cuits are laid up to serve the year's consumption. 

 Besides feeding on it themselves, they accustom 

 their cattle, cows, camels and horses, to feed on 

 dried fish. 



M. Polo's Travels, by Marsden, 4to. p. 729. 



The Indians in all the Upper Oroonoko, fry 

 fish, and dry them in the sun, and reduce them 

 to powder without separating the bones. I have 

 seen masses of fifty pounds of this flour, which 

 resembles that of cassava. When it is wanted 

 for eating, it is mixed with water, and reduced 

 to a paste. Humboldt. 



Savage nations, as the Kamstschatdales, Brar- 

 zilians, &c. possess the art of preparing fish in a 

 great variety of ways, even as a kind of flour for 

 bread, &c. &c. 



The inhabitants of the eastern coast of Middle 

 Asia clothe themselves in the tanned skin of 

 fishes, &c.* Medwin. 



Cows, horses, and sheep, feed on fish in Per- 

 sia ; the cows have humps, and resemble those 

 of India. Milk, butter, and ghee are very abun- 

 dant ; this is more remarkable, as the cattle have 

 but little pasture, and their chief food is dried 

 Jish 9 a little salted ; they are very fond of this, 

 and with pounded date-stones, it is their chief 



