.•.JUiLti. . »"-- -«>»^r 77/£ IOC HOUSE (C 1850) spruce trees. Although a cross would not have been visible from the Doyle I farm, the church itself most certainly would. Much time in fall and winter would be spent at the makingof woolen cloth, the family having fifteen sheep in 1841. John Stewart , in his history of the time | suggests that the average family manufactured two or three hundred yards of I cloth each year. (145) Living handy the Hillsborough River and Fullertons Creek had certain advantages. During the spring and fall the regular diet of these people would be supplemented with Canada geese, brant, and wild ducks from the creek. If James had a gun in the early days, it would have been a flintlock muzzlcloadcr, I possibly a "Brown Bess". This firearm was used by the British Garrison in [ Charlottetown . Early settlers acquired this gun from disbanded soldiers or I brought them from the old country. A cumbersome gun, some with a forty-two I inch barrel, early Island settlers often cut a length off the end of the barrel to I make a more easily handled fowling-piece. In spring, spawning smelts would yield both food and fertilizer. (It was the habit of many to plant a smelt with each potato.) Clams, oysters, and other shellfish would also be provided by the creek. Little of a slaughtered animal would be wasted as indicated by this description of blood pudding, a nutritious dish, if somewhat unappetizing when seen made. This was made from cow's blood, finely chopped suet, salt and pepper. It was then baked, stored in a cool |>lace, and sliced and fried when ready to eat. My mother remembers eating it s a child until one day she saw it being made. She could not eat it after that, have eaten it and found it quite tasty! Some insight into the toil of these early farmers may be gained from the ><