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upon which the Frifoners would be exchanged, pur-, 

 fuant to the ufual Cuftom. They glory'd in the 

 pofleffion of a greater meafure of Reafon than the 

 Gnacjitares could pretend to, to whom they allow no 

 more than the Figure of a Man; for they look upon 

 ? em as Beafts otherwife. To my mind, their Notion 

 * upon this Head is not fo very extravagant ; for I ob- 

 ferv'd fo much Honour and Politenefs in the Con- 

 vention of thefe four Slaves, that I thought I had 

 to do with Europeans : But, after all/ I muft confefs, 

 that the Gnacjitares are the mod erasable Nation I 

 met with among all the Savages. One of the four 

 Mozeemlek Slaves had a reddifh fort of a Copper Me- 

 dal hanging upon his Neck, the Figure of which is 

 reprefented in the Map. I had it melted by Mr. de 

 Tontis Gun-fmith, who underftood (bmething of 

 Mettals; but it became thereupon heavier, and deep- 

 er coloured, and withal fomewhat tradable. I defir'd 

 the Slaves to give me a circumftantial Account of 

 thefe Medals; and accordingly they gave me to un- 

 derstand, that they are made by the Tahuglauk, who 

 are excellent Artizans, and put a great value upon 

 fuch Medals. I could pump nothing farther out of 

 "era, with relation to the Country, Commerce and 

 Cuftoms of that remote Nation. All they could fay 

 was, that the great River of that Nation runs all a- 

 long Weft ward, and chat the fait Lake into which it 

 falls is three hundred Leagues in Circumference, and 

 thirty in breadth, its Mouth ftretching a great way 

 to the Southward. I would fain have fatisfied my 

 Curiofity in being an eye-witnefs of the Manners 

 and Cuftoms of the Tahuglauk ; but that being im- 

 practicable, I was fore'd to be inftru&ed at fecond 

 hand by thefe Moz*eemkk Slaves; who affur'd me, 

 upon the Faith of a Savage, that the Tabuglauk wear 

 their Beards two Fingers breadth long; that their 

 Garments reach down to their Knees; that they co- 

 ver their Heads with a fharp-pointecJ Cap ; that they 



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