IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOE 



correct it. It is not, as I supposed, the cow-par- 

 snip, — a very common plant here, — but a 

 smaller plant of the same family known as 

 " Scotch lovage." 



It was a very picturesque and interesting 

 place, and, considering the nature of the busi- 

 ness done here, everything was as neat and 

 clean as possible. Men in oilskins with large 

 forks were pitching the fish — which, of course, 

 means cod — from the trap boats on to the 

 wharf. Here the fish were again transfixed and 

 passed to the men in the fish-houses, who were 

 deftly splitting, cleaning, and salting them. 

 The wet fish, glistening with salt, are stacked 

 in the low, darkened buildings, to await a fa- 

 vorable opportunity later in the season to be 

 spread and dried on the extensive fish-flakes, 

 which take up all available room among the 

 buildings. This process, like haymaking, is an 

 anxious one, and its speed and success are de- 

 pendent on the weather. 



The fresh livers are carefully washed and 

 steamed, and the resulting oil is peissed through 

 three successive conical cloth strainers and 

 comes out at the end looking good enough to 

 drink — but this is a matter of taste. The 

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