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kindly put us in the way, we were not lefs fuccefsful than 1779. 
themfelves. In the rivers, they fhoot one net acrofs, and , Qdlober 
haul another down the dream to it. 
The lakes that have a communication with the fea, 
which was the cafe of all thofe that I faw, abound with 
fiih, that have very much the refemblance of fmall falmon, 
and are from four to fix pounds weight. I could not un¬ 
derhand that the inhabitants thought it worth their while 
to filh for them. As thefe lakes are not deep, they be¬ 
come an eafy prey to the bears and dogs during the fum- 
mer; and, if I might judge from the quantity of bones 
to be feen upon the banks, they devour vaft numbers of 
them. 
The inhabitants, for the mod part, dry their falmon, 
and fait very little of it. Each fifh is cut into three pieces, 
the belly-piece being firft taken off, and afterward a flice 
along each fide the back-bone. The former of thefe are 
dried and fmoked, and efteemed the fineft part of the 
fifh, and fold, when we were at St. Peter and St. Paul’s, 
at the rate of one hundred for a rouble. The latter are 
dried in the air, and either eaten whole as bread, or re¬ 
duced to powder, of which they make pade and cakes, 
that are not unpleafant to the tafte. The head, tail, and 
bones, are hung up and dried for winter provifion for the 
dogs. 
