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The arrows were pointed either with bone or flone ; but ^77^^ 

 very few of them had barbs ; and fome had a round 

 blunt point. Wliat ufe thefe may be applied to, I cannot 

 fay; unlefs it be to kill fmall animals, without damaging 

 the flcin. The bows were fuch as we had feen on the Ame- 

 rican coaft, and like thofe ufed by the Efquimaux. The 

 fpears, or fpontoons, were of iron or fleel, and of European 

 or Afiatic workmanfliip; in which no little pains had been 

 taken to ornament them with carving, and inlayings of 

 brafs, and of a white metal. Thofe who flood ready with 

 bows and arrows in iheir hands, had the fpear flung over 

 their right flioulder by a leathern ftrap. A leathern quiver, 

 flung over their left flioulder, contained arrows ; and fome 

 of thefe quivers were extremely beautiful ; being made of 

 red leather, on which was very neat embroidery, and other 

 ornaments. 



Several other things, and, in particular, their clothing, 

 fliewed that they were poflefled of a degree of ingenuity, far 

 furpafling what one could expert to find amongft fo North- 

 ern a people. All the Americans we had feen, fince our 

 arrival on that coaft, were rather low of ftature, with round 

 chubby faces, and high cheek-bones. The people we now 

 were amongft, far from refembling them, had long vifages, 

 and were ftout and well made. In fliort, they appeared to 

 be a quite diflcrent nation. We faw neither women, nor 

 children, of either fex ; nor any aged, except one man, who 

 was bald-headed; and he was the only one who carried no 

 arms. The others feemed to be picked men, and rather un- 

 der than above the middle age. The old man had a black 

 mark acrofs his face, which I did not fee in any others. 

 All of them had their ears bored ; and fome had glafs beads 

 hanging to them. Thefe were the only fixed ornaments we 



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