A small roasted salmon was then placed before each person.
"When we had satisfied ourselves with the fish, one of the people who came with us from the last village approached, with a kind of ladle in one hand, containing oil, and in the other something that resembled the inner rind of the cocoanut, but of a lighter colour.

This he dipped in the oil, and, having eaten it, indicated by his gestures how palatable he thought it.

He then presented me with a small piece of it, which I chose to taste in its dry state, though the oil was free from any unpleasant smell.

A square cake of this was next produced, when a man took it to the water near the house, and having thoroughly soaked it, he returned, and, after he had pulled it to pieces like oakum, put it into a well-made trough, about three feet long, nine inches wide, and five deep.

He then plentifully sprinkled it with salmon oil, and manifested by his own example that we were to eat of it.