Another dish soon followed, the principal article of which was also salmon roes, with a large proportion of gooseberries, and an herb that appeared to be sorrel.

Its acidity rendered it more agreeable to my taste than the former preparation.
Having been regaled with these delicacies, for such they were considered by that hospitable spirit which provided them, we laid ourselves down to rest with no other canopy than the sky.

But I never enjoyed a more sound and refreshing rest, though I had a board for my bed and a billet for my pillow." The gooseberries, wortleberries, and raspberries which Mackenzie ate at this hospitable village were the finest he ever saw or tasted of their respective kinds.

They were generally eaten together with the dry roes of salmon.

Salmon was the staple food of the country, and very abundant in the river which Mackenzie was following down to the Pacific shore.