461 
Cookery^ 
^ said of hunters who live entirely on animal food, but which I 
used to find difficult to be believed, namely, that besides their 
^ desiring little nourishm*ent from the leaner part, it soon becomes 
offensive to the taste, whereas the fat is both more nutritious, and 
“ continues to be agreeable to the palate. 
The late judge Henry in his account of the campaign against 
Quebec in 1775, p. 46 says, “ we feasted till noon, and in the inter- 
« mediate moments culled the entrails the fat. We broke the 
bones and extracted the marrow, under the full persuasion that 
« food of an oily nature is one of the strongest main stays of hu® 
man life. Of this principle if we had a doubt we were shortly 
afterwards most irrefragably convinced.” Again : “ By this 
«« time the fat and marrow of the animals we had killed were ex° 
hausted, and our stock of salt expended. One who has never 
« been deprived of bread and salt, nor known the absence of oleagU 
«« nous substances in his food, cannot make a true estimate of the 
invaluable benefits of such ingredients in the sustentation of the 
^ bodily frame.” 
5ly. Every person Who has been conversant with Indians, Or 
with the labouring class of people among the whites, or with suiv 
veyors who are much in the woods, knows the uniform and univer- 
sal preference given by them to fat substances as food. 
6ly. I know the fact, but I know not now the name of the noble 
Lord who dining with Mr. Bakewell of Ditchley, the great impro- 
ver of the breeds of animals, (sheep, oxen and horses) said “ Mr, 
Bakewell, you improve your sheep to such a degree that they 
are too fat to be eatable.” “ They may be too fat for your Lord- 
ship, and the rich class of society ; but you form a small part 
only of our customers. We breed for the middling classes, and 
u the poor — for those who eat that they may be enabled to work, 
«« and they know the value of fat, if your Lordship does not.” 
7ly. Capt. Lewis on his return from his expedition over this 
continent to the Pacific ocean twice related to me, that when their 
salt provisions were exhausted, although th^y sometimes killed 
deer, yet no quantity that the stomach could bear of the flesh of 
venison, would enable his people to go through a day’s journey 
without great and exhausting fatigue, sometimes they would eat 
lean food when they could get it in plenty, from 6 to 7lb- of veni- 
son per man ; but it did not suffice to sustain the strength of the 
company. A beaver’s tail of a pound or a pound and a half weight, 
afforded much more nutriment as a meal for two people. All 
Vol. II. 3N 
