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houfe confifted of one little room, the door of 

 which was fo low, that one was obliged to ftoop 

 in order to get in. As they had brought no glais 

 with them, they were obliged to be content with 

 little holes, before which a moveable board was 

 fattened. They found no mofs, or at leafl none 

 which could have been ferviceable in flopping up 

 holes or cracks in the walls. They were there- 

 fore forced to clofe them, both without and 

 within, with clay. The chimneys were made in 

 a corner, either of grey fand, a ftone, or (in 

 places where no ftone wa$ to be got) of mere 

 clay, which they laid very, thick in one corner of 

 the houfe. The ovens for baking were like wile 

 in the room. 



BEFORE the Englift came to fettle here, the 

 Swedes could not get as many cloaths as they 

 wanted ; and were therefore obliged to make (hilt 

 as well as they could. The men wpre waiftcoats 

 and breeches of fkins. Hats were not in fafhion ; 

 and they made little .caps, provided with flaps 

 before. They had worded blockings. Their 

 fhoes were of their own making. Some of them 

 had learnt to prepare leather, and to make com- 

 mon fhoes, with heels ; but thofe who were pot 

 fhoemakers by profeflion, took the length of 

 their feet, and fewed the leather together ac- 

 cordingly; taking a piece for the fole, one for 

 the hind-quarters, and one more for the upper- 

 leather. At that time, they likewife fowed ftax 

 here, and wove linen cloth. Hemp was not, to 

 be got j and they made ufe of flaxen ropes and 

 fifhing tackle. The women were dreffed in 

 jackets and petticoats of fkins. Their beds, ex- 

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