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which is fed by the melted greafe of fea-dogs, bears, 

 fea- bears, whales, or the Tea-cat. 



Of their marriages I know nothing, nor of their cuf- 

 toms at the birth of a child, except that to the new- 

 rorn babe they give the name of whatever thing firft 

 ftrikes their light ; whether it be beaft or bird, or any 

 object of like nature, 



The feveral races of Konseges bury their dead with 

 various ceremonies. The cuftoms ufed on thefe. occa- 

 fions having never had an opportunity of feeing, I con- 

 fequently am not in a capacity to defcribe ; only thus 

 much I know, that fome of their dead are interred 

 with the bell of what they had, inclofed in a baidark 

 for a coffin, which is ftrewn over with earth ; with 

 others of the dead a living Have is buried. But the 

 Kinaitzes burn their dead, with the ikins of animals, 

 W<hich the relations are obliged to collect for that purpofe. 



For teftifying their forrow they cut off their hair, 

 befmearing their faces with black. In this manner they 

 mourn their relations, father, mother, brother, lifters, 

 and fuch as were dear to them ; but frequently even 

 for an acquaintance with whom they lived in friendfhip ; 

 however they mourn for no one who was their enemy, 

 or only was not their friend, though ever fo nearly re- 

 lated to .them. 



Popular difeafes are not known among them, the ve- 

 nereal excepted ; and to the fmall-pox they are utter 

 ftrangers. In general they are of athletic habits, and 

 live frequently to a hundred years. 



When they expect guefls, their cuftom is to go to 

 meet them, properly fmeared over with red paint, and 

 hung about with their beft pieces of drefs, dancing as 



they 



