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young man feemed to have great refpedl 

 llicwn to him by the reft, though he was 

 the moft miferable objedl I ever faw. He 

 was a perfect fkeleton, and covered wit|i 

 fores from head to foot. I was happy 

 to fit a moment by their fire, as I was 

 quite benumbed with cold. The old 

 woman took out a piece of feal, holding 

 one part of it between her feet, and the 

 other end in her teeth, and then cut off 

 fome thin flices with a fliarp fliell, and 

 diftributed them about to the other lur. 

 dians. She then put a bit on the fire^ 

 taking a piece of fat in her mouth, which 

 file kept chewing, every now and then 

 fpirting fome of it on the piece that was 

 warming upon the fire ; for they never 

 do more with it than warm it through. 

 When it was ready, (he gave me a littlis 

 bit, which I fwallowed whole, being alr- 

 moft ftarved. As thefe Indians were gill 

 ftrangm to me, I did not know whkh 

 way dbifiy wqv(^ gping > indei^d it w^s 



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