Sketches From Oldest America 



The art of cooking has now greatly advanced. 

 Nearly all the young people understand how to cook. 

 It is doubtful if there is an iglo in the village that 

 has not one or two cooks. Eating raw meat is 

 pretty much of the past, its place being filled by 

 bread, slapjacks, soup, and tea or coffee. Nearly 

 all the young people can make their own yeast, and 

 as good a loaf of bread as is to be found anywhere, 

 far surpassing their instructor. Soap and water, and 

 with them cleanliness, have also been introduced. 

 If in traveling along the coast one meets with clean 

 young natives, who ask for a piece of soap, he may 

 know that they are from Tigara, or have spent a 

 season or two in the village; at least so say the per- 

 sons who have had this experience. 



