Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22 Volume 1

Excerpt: ...placed in an airy place to cool, is fit for use. It keeps in this state, if not allowed to get wet, very well for one year, and with great care it may be preserved good for two. Between three and four hundred bags were made here by each of the Companies this year. There were eight men, besides Mr. Prudens and his clerk, belonging to Carlton House. At La Mont