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Troolies, before defcribed, which are 

 tied to the poles by fplit Nibbees. A 

 houfe thus built is the work of a few 

 hours only, and when finifhed affords a 

 fhelter fufficient to defend its inhabit- 

 ants from rain and dew, the only pur- 

 pofe for which a houfe in this climate 

 is ufeful y and as their life is ambula- 

 tory, and they are unattached to any 

 particular fpot of earth, it would be a 

 profufion of unneceffary toil to erect 

 a more capacious or durable manfion. 

 Under this fhelter may be feen all their 

 domeftic furniture, their perfonal orna- 

 ments, and their arms. But how fmall 

 the inventory of thefe particulars ! hap- 

 pily they are not encumbered with un- 

 neceffary conveniencies ; and whenever 

 they travel, which is ufually by wa- 

 ter, in fmall canoes, they tranfport, 

 without difficulty, all their terreftrial 

 poffeflions. 



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