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the waters in those lesser lakes to which the Natives have recourse to for subsistence as being less exposed to the intense cold more generally prevalent upon extensive Lakes. I am of opinion that the diseases to which the Natives are Subject, originate principally if not entirely from the dirty and loathsome manner in which they cook and prepare their food, particularly fish, which almost surpasses imagination, as well as their most intemperate Meals, after being perhaps upon short allowance for sometime before. For the general complaints are colics attended with gripes, squeamishness of the stomach or appetite, and a looseness of the Belly; for all which diseases the Natives' ingenuity has not, as far as I know, found any remedy or any considerable alleviation, and therefore leave them to the course of

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