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pearance little less than fourscore. To this group 

 thev Q:avc the name of JFomens Islands ; the 

 latitude of that nearest which they lay being 19!" 

 45', the tide still small, and the flood coming from 

 the southward. The inhabitants are described as 

 very poor, living on seal's flesh, which they eat raw, 

 and clothing themselves with their skins. The 

 faces of the women w-ere marked with black 

 streaks. They seemed to worship the sun, pointing 

 constantly to it and stroking their breasts, and 

 calling out at the same time Ilyout ! The men 

 and doo's are buried in the same manner, each 

 having a heap of stones piled over them. 



Departing from hence they stood away to the 

 northward, betu een the ice and the land, being in 

 a channel as it were of seven or eight leagues 

 Avide, till thev came to the latitude 74° 4', w^hen 

 they found themselves much pestered with the 

 ice ; and here they dropped anchor near three 

 small islands, w^hich appeared to be occasionally 

 visited by the people of the neighbouring coast. 

 They then tried to make their way to the westward, 

 but the ice was too firm to let them pass; and 

 therefore thev returned to some islands in latitude 

 73° 45' to wait till the ice (which they observed to 

 consume very fast) should disappear. During 

 their stay at this place, some forty of the natives 

 came in their boats and exchanged seal's skins, sea 

 morse teeth, and unicorn's horns, for small pieces 

 of iron, glass beads, and such like. To this place 

 they gave the name of Horn Sound* 



