Do you know the difference between the cookery of the
wilderness and that which is found in the settlements? No; I see
plainly you don't, by your appetite; then I will tell you. The one
follows man, the other natur'. One thinks he can add to the gifts of
the Creator, while the other is humble enough to enjoy them; therein
lies the secret."
"I tell you, trapper," said Paul, who was very little edified by the
morality with which his associate saw fit to season their repast,
"that, every day while we are in this place, and they are likely to be
many, I will shoot a buffaloe and you shall cook his hump!"
"I cannot say that, I cannot say that. The beast is good, take him in
what part you will, and it was to be food for man that he was
fashioned; but I cannot say that I will be a witness and a helper to
the waste of killing one daily."
"The devil a bit of waste shall there be, old man. If they all turn
out as good as this, I will engage to eat them clean myself, even to
the hoofs;--how now, who comes here! some one with a long nose, I will
answer; and one that has led him on a true scent, if he is following
the trail of a dinner.
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