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catch land animals, on which they ?eed. 

 They eat mod of their meat quite raw. 

 Their drink is water ; and people have like- 

 wife feen them drinking the fea water, 

 which was like brine. 



Their fLoes, ftockings, breeches, and 

 JAcke^l are made of feal-fkins well prepared, 

 and k ved together with nerves of whales, 

 which m?.y be twifted like threads and are 

 very tough. Their cloaths, the hairy fide 

 of which is turned outwards, are fewed to- 

 gether fo well, that they can go up to their 

 fhoulders in the water without wetting 

 their under cloaths. Under their upper 

 cloaths, they wear fliirts and waiftcoats 

 made of feals iliins, prepared fo well as to 

 be quite foft. I faw one of their womens 

 dreffes ; a cap, a waiftcoat, and coat, made 

 all of one piece of feals fkin well prepared, 

 foft to the touch, and the hair on the out- 

 fide. Their is a long train behind at their 

 coats, which fcarce reach them to the 

 middle of the thigh before ^ under it they 

 wear breeches and boots, all of one piece. 

 The (hirt I faw was likewife made of 

 a very foft feals fkin. The Efqimiaux wo- 

 men are faid to be handfomer than any of 

 the American Indian women, and their huf- 

 bands are accordingly more jealous in pro- 

 portion. 



I HAVE 



