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fpy any to their Mind , they leap into 

 the Water, and wade or fwinrup and down 

 after thern 5 and if the Fiflh through Fright 

 betake themfelves into the Holes in the 

 Banks for Shelter, as they frequently do, 

 the Indians feel them out with their Hands 

 and take them thence, as we do Chubs or 

 Craw-fiih in our Rivers. By Night they 

 bring with them Torches of Light-wood, 

 and with thefe they fpy out the Fifh, and 

 fo jump in, and purfue them into their 

 Holes. 



For dreffing their Fifh 3 they firft gut preffing 

 them, and then either boil them in an Ear- cheir F:<1 

 then Pot, or elfe barbecue or broil them. 



For Salt, they have it out of the Sea-$aithow 

 water 3 which they boil up and evaporate made * 

 in Earthen Pots, till the Salt is left in a 

 Cake at the bottom, which they take out 

 and break in pieces for ufe : But as this is a 

 tedious way, fo they have but little, and are 

 very choice and fparing of it. They don't 

 fait their Fifh for keeping 5 but when they 

 eat it, they boil abundance of Pepper with 

 it, as they do with every thing elfe. But 

 their Cookery I (hall (peak ot elfewhere. 



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