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workmanship ; in which no little pains had been taken 

 to ornament them with carving, and inlayings of 

 brass and of a white metal. Those who stood readv 

 with bows and arrows in their hands, had a spear 

 slung over their shoulder by a leathern strap. A 

 leathern quiver, slung over their left shoulder, con- 

 tained arrows ; and "some of these quivers were ex- 

 tremely beautiful ; being made of red leather, on 

 which was very neat embroidery, and other orna- 

 ments. 



Several other things, and in particular their cloth- 

 ing, shewed that they were possessed of a degree of 

 ingenuity, far surpassing what one could expect to 

 find amongst so northern a people. All the Ameri- 

 cans we had seen since our arrival on that coast, were 

 rather low of stature, with round chubby faces, and 

 high cheek-bones. The people we now were amongst, 

 far from resembling them, had long visages, and 

 were stout and well made. In short, they appeared 

 to be a quite different nation. We saw neither wo- 

 men nor children of either sex ; nor any aged, except 

 one man, who was bald-headed ; and he was the only 

 one who carried no* arms. The others seemed to be 

 picked men, and rather under than above the middle 

 a-z;e. The old man had a black mark across his face, 

 which I did not see in any others. All of them had 

 their ears bored ; and some had glass beads hanging 

 to them. These were the only fixed ornaments we 

 saw about them ;, for they wear none to their lips. 

 This is another thing in which they differ from the 

 Americans we had lately seen. 



Their clothing consisted of a cap, a frock, a pair 

 of breeches, a pair of boots, and a pair of gloves, ail 

 made of leather, or of the skins of deer, dogs, seals, 

 &c, and extremely weil dressed ; some with the hair 

 or fur on ; but others without it. The caps were 

 made to fit the head very close ; and besides these 

 caps, which most of them wore, we got from them 

 some hoods, made of the skins of dogs, that were 



