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is- occasionally turned, when one part becomes 

 sufficiently roasted. 



The Indians, in general, like to have their food, 

 whether boiled or roasted, thoroughly done ; but 

 those who inhabit the plains, frequently make 

 their meals without the aid of fire, of particular 

 parts of the entrails of the bufFaloe, which I have, 

 also, eaten raw, and have found to be very palata- 

 ble. When there is no water to be found, they 

 at times kill a bufFaloe, and drink his bloody or 

 the water which they find in his paunch. The 

 paunch of a male bufFaloe, when well cooked, is 

 very cjelicious food. The Natives scarcely^ver 

 wash rr$* but boil it with much, of its dung, ad- 

 hexing to it ; and even then, the broth has an 

 excellent taste, to those who can forget, or from 

 habit pay no regard to the filth, which settles, to 

 the thickness of two fingers, at the bottom of the 

 kettle. Many consider a broth* made by means 

 of the dung of the cariboo and the hare to be a 

 dainty dish. N;* 



The Chipewyans can never patiently see a 

 fish without gouging out its eyes, and eating 

 them in a raw state ; and they say, that they 

 are delicious. They, also, often make their meals 

 upon raw fish or meat, that is frozen ; and ap- 

 pear to relish it fully as well, as when cooked. — 

 The Carriers, when they take fish that have 



