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a crofs-bar, fupported by forks. Upon thefe occafions 

 they cry and make bitter lamentations. 



Their Toigons or Princes are thofe who have nume- 

 rous families, and are ll<:ilful and fuccefsful in hunting 

 and fifliing. 



Their weapons confift of bows, arrows, and darts ; 

 they throw the latter very dexteroufly, and to a great 

 diftance from a hand-board. For defence they ufe 

 wooden fliields, called kuyakin. Thefe iflanders are, 

 notwithftanding their favagenefs, very docile ; and the 

 boys, whom the Ruffians keep as hoftages, foon ac- 

 quire a knowledge of their language. 



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