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After all, cooking has a good deal to do with it, and I'll bet you something I could dress you cutlets you would not turn up your nose at, unless for their black appearance." "We'll set you to work on it," said Bell, "and I'll eat as much as you like to please you." "My good Bell, you mean to say to please yourself, but your voracity would never equal the Green landers', for they devour from ten to fifteen pounds of meat a day." "Fifteen pounds!" said Bell. "What stomachs!" AFTER ALL COOKING HAS A GOOD DEAL TO DO WITH IT AND I'LL BET YOU SOMETHING I COULD DRESS YOU CUTLETS YOU WOULD NOT TURN UP YOUR NOSE AT UNLESS FOR THEIR BLACK APPEARANCE WE'LL SET YOU TO WORK ON IT SAID BELL AND I'LL EAT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE TO PLEASE YOU MY GOOD BELL YOU MEAN TO SAY TO PLEASE YOURSELF BUT YOUR VORACITY WOULD NEVER EQUAL THE GREENLANDERS FOR THEY DEVOUR FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN POUNDS OF MEAT A DAY FIFTEEN POUNDS SAID BELL WHAT STOMACHS
now birds, however, darting to and fro announced the approach of spring and the return of the animal creation. The sea was still entirely frozen over, but it was evident from the open breathing holes in the ice, that the seals had been quite recently on the surface. In one part the holes were so numerous, that the Doctor said to his companions that he had no doubt that when summer came, they would be seen there in hundreds, and would be easily captured, for on unfrequented shores they were not so difficult of approach. But once frighten them and they all vanish as if by enchantment, and never return to the spot again. "Inexperienced hunters," he said, "have often lost a whole shoal by attacking them, en masse, with noisy shouts instead of singly and silently." "Is it for the oil or skin that they are mostly hunted?" "Europeans hunt them for the skin, but the Esquimaux eat them. They live on seals, and nothing is so delicious to them as a piece of the flesh, dipped in the blood and oil. RCELY A SIGN OF ANIMAL LIFE A FEW SNOW BIRDS HOWEVER DARTING TO AND FRO ANNOUNCED THE APPROACH OF SPRING AND THE RETURN OF THE ANIMAL CREATION THE SEA WAS STILL ENTIRELY FROZEN OVER BUT IT WAS EVIDENT FROM THE OPEN BREATHING HOLES IN THE ICE THAT THE SEALS HAD BEEN QUITE RECENTLY ON THE SURFACE IN ONE PART THE HOLES WERE SO NUMEROUS THAT THE DOCTOR SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS THAT HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT WHEN SUMMER CAME THEY WOULD BE SEEN THERE IN HUNDREDS AND WOULD EASILY BE CAPTURED FOR ON UNFREQUENTED SHORES THEY WERE NOT SO DIFFICULT OF APPROACH BUT ONCE FRIGHTEN THEM AND THEY ALL VANISH AS IF BY ENCHANTMENT AND NEVER RETURN TO THE SPOT AGAIN INEXPERIENCED HUNTERS HE SAID HAVE OFTEN LOST A WHOLE SHOAL BY ATTACKING THEM EN MASSE WITH NOISY SHOUTS INSTEAD OF SINGLY AND SILENTLY IS IT FOR THE OIL OR SKIN THAT THEY ARE MOSTLY HUNTED EUROPEANS HUNT THEM FOR THE SKIN BUT THE ESQUIMAUX EAT THEM THEY LIVE ON SEALS AND NOTHING IS SO DELICIOUS TO THEM AS A PIECE OF FLESH DIPPED IN THE BLOOD AND OIL
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