Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1910a
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Friday July 15-1910. Forteau Bay. We left Blanc Sablon to walk to Forteau Bay along the telegraph path. Leaving the former place we took the more direct route over the northeastern hill to L'Anse St.Clair Bay, three miles distant. On the west side of the bay there are probably 20 to 25 houses while on the east side there are probably less than 5. Many of the fish can't where are in jars and they had quite a lot of cod salted down. We were attracted by many cases of cod livers sitting down to Cod-oil. It is a miserable mess full of flies. Eventually the oil is drawn off. It seems that it is not this oil that is used to make the cod liver oil for great people but is used for some other and probably commercial purpose. The medicinal cod liver oil is made from fresh and marked livers that are placed in teamers holding probably two baskets of livers. These galvanic steamers are double walled between which there is hot water to a depth of about 1/2 inches. I do not know how long the livers are steamed but eventually the oil