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abundance of which are found in the Sound. Thefe are 1778. 
roafted in their Ihells, then ftuck upon long wooden , Apn1, , 
Ikewers, and taken off occalionally as wanted; being eat 
without any other preparation, though they often dip them 
in oil, as a fauce. The other marine productions, fuch as 
the fmaller fhell-filh, though they contribute to increafe 
the general ltock, are by no means to be looked upon as a 
handing or material article of their food, when compared 
to thofe juft mentioned. 
Of the fea-animals, the moft common that we faw in ufe 
amongft them, as food, is the porpoife ; the fat or rind of 
which, as well as the flelh, they cut in large pieces, and 
having dried them, as they do the herrings, eat them with¬ 
out any farther preparation. They alfo prepare a fort of 
broth from this animal, in its frelh ftate, in a lingular man¬ 
ner, putting pieces of it in a fquare wooden veftel or bucket, 
with water, and then throwing heated ftones into it. This 
operation they repeat till they think the contents are fuffici- 
ently ftewed or feethed. They put in the frefh, and take 
out the other ftones, with a cleft ftick, which ferves as 
tongs ; the veftel being always placed near the fire, for that 
purpofe *. This is a pretty common difh amongft them ; 
and, from its appearance, feems to be ftrong, nourifti- 
ing food. The oil which they procure from thefe and 
other fea-animals, is alfo ufed by them in great quantities ; 
both fupping it alone, with a large fcoop or fpoon, made of 
horn ; or mixing it with other food, as fauce. 
It may alfo be prefumed that they feed upon other fea- 
animals, fuch as feals, fea-otters, and whales ; not only 
* This operation is reprefented by Mr. Webber, in his drawing of the infide of a 
Nootka houfe. 
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