BR\DY'S ISLAND. ®® 



twice subjected it to it? duty, and as often its delicious contente found am- 

 pie store-honse; and even yot my longing appetite seemed loth to cry 



" The rSbie odor exhaled from the drippings of the frying flesh, con- 

 tained in^tlie pan, invited the taste,-a temptation claim,ing me fonts sub- 

 ject. Catching up the vessel, a testing sip made^way for the whole of its 

 iontents, at a lingle dmught,-full six giUs ! Strange as it may seem I 

 did not experience tlie least unpleasant feeling as the result of my extraer- 



*^''ThestoraS never rebels against buflalo-fat. Persons, subsieting ei^ 

 tiroly upon the flesh of these animals, prefer an assortment of at least one 



tbird solid depouille. , > i, a .„.,,.i« 



Thr) voyofreur is never more satisfied than when he has a good supply 



of buflalc^teef at his command. It is then his S^^^^V /"^^^^^^^t 

 ' content, and his jocund voice and merry laugh evince the deep-felt pleasure 

 and ratification that reign within. , , ,.. c ■ ..jj;.,^ 



Tllk not to him of the delicacies of civilized hfe,--of pies, puddings 

 roups, fricasees, roast-beef, pound-cake, and desert,— he cares for none ot 

 ,h;-f-? things, and will laugh at your ver(faTict/ .' n „„:,. 



He knows his own nreference, and will tell you your boasted excellencies 

 are not to be compared with it. If yon object to the sameness of his sim 

 nl- fare, he will recount the several varieties of its parts, and descant 

 iTon each of their peculiar merits. He will illustrate the numerous and 

 dissimilar modes of so preparing them, that tliey cannot fail to excite by 

 their presence and appease by their taste the appetite of the most tasti- 

 ' dious. And then, in point of \eali\ there is notliing equal to bufialo-meat 

 [t. alone, vrill cure dyspepsy, prevent consumption, amend a broken const.- 

 a.tion, put flesh unon the bones of a sfeeteton, and resiom a dead man again 

 (n life!— if you will give credence to one half of the mamfold virtues lie 

 carefully names in your hearing. 



Oct lAih. We were early en route, and made some twenty miles. 

 Oar hunter, during the day, rejoined the caravan, laien with the best por- 

 tions of three other fat cows, to add to the fund of life and good humor en- 



'''^Late^in the"afternoon, we made camp opposite a heavUy wooded island, 

 rRJled Brady's Island, in memory of a man, so named, who was muraereU 

 'inon it by his companion some eight years ago. , ., . 



' The t^vo were connected with a boat, laden with furs, on its passage to 

 the States. They had frequently quarrelled, and were generally unon 

 otherwise bad terms. On tlie day of the fatal occurrence, they were lefj, 

 alone in camp by tlie rest of the boat's crew, who went in quest of 

 buflalo. At their return, Brady was found lying m his blood^lall- 

 ed, as his companion affirmed, by the accidental discharge of his own 



The tale was received quite doubtingly, and its listeners were only de- 

 terred from the execution of summary vengeance upon the murderer by 

 thought of the bare possibility of its truth. u * v. • 



The body of the unfortunate man was buried near the spotr-bnt being 

 •obsequftntly disinterred by the wolves, his bones were left to ble-xh and 



