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like many other foods on the coast is not ap- 

 preciated, for it is rarely eaten by man, but, 

 after the skin and blubber are removed, it is 

 thrown away or fed to the dogs. 



Capelin is a small fish about the size of a 

 smelt and is delicious eating when fresh. It is 

 also good when slightly salted and dried. In 

 the latter state it is heated in the oven or on 

 top of the stove and eaten whole. Canned 

 rabbit is also to be mentioned with respect, for 

 M. Beetz employed a most expert canner and 

 thus enjoyed many foods out of season. His 

 snow cave or cold-storage plant was also well 

 stocked with game. 



Turnip-tops make excellent greens and are 

 used when the young turnips are thinned. 

 Later, at Natashquan, I was amused to find 

 that the beet-tops were thrown away from 

 ignorance of their value, although the turnip- 

 tops were used. Here at Piashte Bay the veg- 

 etables already mentioned grew, as well as 

 rhubarb, carrots, onions, and green peas. M. 

 Beetz's garden was neatly laid out in small 

 plots of rich black, peaty loam brought from 

 an island where sea-birds nested. It looked 

 like the garden of an experiment station, as 



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