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i thofethey have hurt with thefe Darts may not fink to the bot- 



\ torn, and elude their expectation, there is faften'd to the butt- 

 end of them a thong of Harts-leather 25 or 30 fathom in 

 length, and at the end of that thong or line of leather there 

 is a bladder, which keeping above water (hews where the 6O1 

 is, and fo they draw it to them, or gently drag it to land affer 

 it hath fpent it felt in ftrugling. 



The young women differ not much in their cloaths from the 

 men , but the more ancient are commonly clad with the fkins 

 of certain great Birds, whofe feathers are white and black, and 

 very ordinary in thofe pavrs. Thefe women have the art to 

 flay them fo neatly, that the feathers ftay in the fkin : Thefe 

 cloaths reach but to half the leg : They are girt with a thong of 

 leather, at which inftead of keys there hang a great many little 

 bones as (harp as any bodkins, and about that length : They 

 wear neither Bracelets , nor Neck-laces , nor Pendants } nor 

 mind any ornament, fave that they make a gafh in each cheek, 

 and fill it with a certain black colour, which as they think adds 

 very much to their beauty. 



While the men are a hunting or fifhing they ftay at home, 

 and employ themfelves in making of Cloths, Tents, Bafkets, 

 and fuch thing9 as are neceflary about the houfe : They are ex- 

 treamly fond of their little ones, and if they be forc'd to change 

 their habitations, or to accompany their hufbands in fome jour- 

 ney, they either carry or lead them where-ever they go, and to 

 recreate them by the way, and quiet them when they cry, they 

 have little drums cover'd with fifh.es bladders, on which they 

 can make as good Mufick as any oh the Taber : They alio 

 beat them to frighten away the Bears, and other wild Beafts 

 which wander up and down neer the Caves where thefe Sa- 

 vages pals over the Winter with their families, and about the 

 Tents where they are lodg'd in the Summer. Among the 

 Sculps of this Chapter there is the pourtraiture of one of 

 thefe women, to which we refer the Reader for further fa~ 

 tisfa&ion. 



Though thefe poor Barbarians cannot be imagin'd to ftudy 

 much Policy, yet have they among them petty Kings and Caj> 

 tains, who prefide in all their Afiemblies." They advance to 

 thefe dignities thofe who have the handiomeft bodies, are the 

 belt Hunts-men, and the moft valiant : Thefe wear the richeft 

 Skins and more precious Furs then their Subjects j and as a 

 badge of their Supremacy they have a certain badge which is 

 fown before on their Coats, and when they go abroad they are 

 always attended by certain young men arm'd with Bows and 

 Arrows, who punctually execute their commands. 



They have not the invention of building houfes 5 but in the 

 Summer they live in the fields under Tents of Leather, which 

 they carry along with them to be pitch'd where they think it 



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