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were oblig’d to feek out new Qiiarters : And tho’ thefe 
People have for the moft Part kep-t to their native Lan- 
guage, yet have they made feveral z41terations in their 
Manners and i\Vaj%’ of livihgV , •' 
As for their Lanpu^ge^ (riio’-.the much greater Part 
of them both underhand and fpeak the Norwegian 
Tongue, as well as the Swedijh) yet they moftly ufe 
their own, which has not the lead Affinity or Refem- 
blance -of either- the other Two. As- for Example, 
where the Swedes and "Danes ^ in numbering tell i, 
V 3 . Een^ Toe^ Tr£e^ they in theirs tell Kax, 
Kolime , and as the Firft fay, for Give me Bread, Giv. 
mtg brod^ they fay Alla mina leif^ 6 cc. And when 
we hand and hear them converfe together, we are fur- 
priz’d to conceive how they -underhand each other, fince 
they fpeak fo very low, that we can fcarce hear them. 
II. Of their They are generally low of 
Stature, but hrong and hardy, and healthy their 
Eyes are lively, their Nofes high, and their Teeth even 
and white, their Feet ihort. The Women are generally 
fo hrong of -Gonhitution, that in Child-bearing they 
feidom need any Affihance, and foon return to the Buh- 
nefs of the Family again, except here and there a 
weakly Conhitution. They are generally ignorant and 
filly •, but this muh be attributed to the little Converfe 
they have with each other and the reh of the World, 
fince the Men^ whofe Affiiirs call them often to traffick 
with their Neighbours, and in different Provinces, are 
Men of good natural Parts, ffiarp, and who look well 
to their Intereh. They are frugal, parfimonious and hum- 
ble,fearful of giving Offence, and very refpedful to their 
Superiors : They will work whole Days without any 
Food, if they can only have Tobacco to fmoak or chew. 
III. Of 
