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A VOYAGE TO 
1778. 
October. 
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for the fame time of fcarcity. They eat almoft every thing 
raw. Boiling and broiling were the only methods of cook- 
ery that I faw them make ufe of; and the firft was proba¬ 
bly learnt from the Ruffians. Some have got little brafs 
kettles ; and thofe who have not, make one of a flat Rone* 
with fides of clay, not unlike a Handing pye. 
I was once prefent, when the Chief of Oonalaffika made 
his dinner of the raw head of a large halibut, juft caught. 
Before any was given to the Chief, two of his fervants eat 
the gills, without any other dreffing, beftdes fqueezing out 
the llime. This done, oneof them cut off the head of the 
fiffi, took it to the fea and waflied it; then came with it, 
and fat down by the Chief; firft pulling up fome grafs, 
upon a part of which the head was laid, and the reft was 
ftrewed before the Chief. He then cut large pieces of the 
cheeks, and laid thefe within the reach of the great man, 
who fwallowed them with as much fatisfaftion as we fhould 
do raw oyfters. When he had done, the remains of the 
head were cut in pieces, and given to the attendants, who 
tore off' the meat with their teeth, and gnawed the bones 
like fo many dogs. 
As thefe people ufe no paint, they are not fo dirty in 
their perfons as the favages who thus beftnear themfelves; 
but they are full as loufy and filthy in their houfes. 
Their method of building is as follows : They dig, in the 
ground, an oblong fquare pit, the length of which feldom 
exceeds fifty feet, and the breadth twenty ; but in general 
the dimenfions are fmaller. Over this excavation they 
form the roof of wood which the fea throws afliore. 
This roof is covered firft with grafs, and then with earth ; 
fo that the outward appearance is like a dunghill. In the 
middle of the roof, toward each end, is left a fquare open¬ 
ings 
