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arrows. The quiver, in which are resting several arrows, opened 

 lengthwise, not at one end. This was not descrihed in the narrative 

 and thus tends to prove the value of Wehher's drawings, produced 

 " for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidal)le imperfections 

 of written accounts." The hands over the ankles conform with Cook's 

 statement that " ahout their ankles they also frequently wear many 

 folds of leather thongs, or the sinews of animals twisted to a con- 

 siderahle thickness." 



The food of the people living on the shores of Nootka Sound con- 

 sisted, as Cook then wrote, " of every thing animal or vegetable that 

 they can procure." But " their greatest reliance seems to he upon the 

 sea, as affording fish, muscles, and smaller shell-fish, and sea animals." 

 The smaller fish were not only eaten fresh, wdien taken from the 

 water, but were also smoked and dried, thus preserved for future use. 

 and " sewed up in mats, so as to form large bales, three or four feet 

 square." Broth was made by placing pieces of fresh meat " in a square 

 wooden vessel or bucket, with water, and then throwing heated stones 

 into it. This operation they repeat till they think the contents are 

 sufficiently stewed or seethed. They put in the fresh, and take out the 

 other stones, with a cleft stick, which serves as tongs ; the vessel being 

 always placed near the fire for that purpose. This operation is repre- 

 sented by Air. Webber, in his drawing of the inside of a Xootka 

 house." This refers to the group shown surrounding a fire, in plate 3. 



