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Tor food, and the residue is esteemed an 
excellent beverage ; and when kept over 
winter, they reckon it an efficacious 
antidote against the bad effects arising 
from a constant use of fish. 
Their swine are of a remarkably small 
size, short backed, and easily fed. A 
pig ready for the spit is often sold at two 
shillings. 
Their sheep (the most profitable part 
of their five stock, and which are calcu¬ 
lated to be from 110,000 to 120,000 in 
number,) are likewise of very small 
growth. 
One between three and five years old, 
sells from four to seven shillings. 
In winter, especially when the ground 
is covered with snow, these animals feed 
on seaweed, with which the shores are 
covered. This they resort to by a kind 
of natural instinct; for as soon as the 
tide begins to ebb, the whole body of 
them (although feeding several miles 
