an opportunity of feeing one of them. I 

 have fpoken with many Frenchmeii who 

 have feen them, and had them on board 

 their own vefTcls. I ftiall here give a brief 

 hiftory of them, according to their unani- 

 mous accounts. 



The EJquimaux are entirely different 

 from the Indians of North- America, in re- 

 gard to their complexion and iheir language. 

 They are almofl as white as Europeans, and 

 have little eyes : the men have likewife 

 beards. The Indians, on the contrary, are 

 copper-coloured, and the men have no 

 beards. The Efqiiimaux language is faid to 

 contain fome European word:-.t Their 

 houfes are either caverns or clefts in the 

 mountains, or huts of turf above ground. 

 They never fow or plant vegetables, living 

 chiefly on various kinds of whales, on feals,* 

 and walruflesj. Sometimes they likewife 



+ The Mora'vian brethren in Greenland, coming once over 

 with fome Grernlar.ders to Te> ra Labiadcr, the Ejquimaux ran 

 away at their appearance ; but they ordered one of their 

 Gnenlanders to call them back in his language. The Efqui- 

 tnaux hearing his voice, and underltanding the language, im- 

 mediately flopped, came back, and were glad to find a coun- 

 tryman, and wherever they went, among che other Efquimaux, 

 they gave out, chat one of their brethren was returned. This 

 proves the Ejquimaux to be of a tribe different from any 

 Efuropean nation, as the Grii-^z/flW language has no fimilarity 

 yvith any language in Europe. F. 



* Pboca -vitulina. Linn, 



1 Trichechus rojmcfrus. L'|)a. 



catch 



