on 
larger than one Man, clofe-laced, can thruft himfelf 
into; with thefe Boats they are able to row 7 2 Miles 
a Day, uling only one Oar. 
Cap. VIII. Manners and Habitations , to p. 66. 
Their Houfes are of Two lorts, Winter and Sum- 
mer: The former are made of Tutf and Stone, from 
Four to Six Feet high, flat-roofed ; on one Side are the 
Windows, made of bleeched Seal-gut s, Holly-butt 
Maws, fown together, and are lufficiently tranf- 
parent: Their Doors are very low, they creep in on 
their Hands and Knees. Their Summer- houfes are 
made by railing Poles, which they cover with young 
Seal-skins. 
C a p. IX. Shape, Conftitutions and Tempers , to p. 6 8 
The Inhabitants of the Northern Parts are troubled 
with Dyfenteries, Bloody-fluxes, &c. They have fel- 
dom any contagious Diftempers: They ufe no Me- 
dicines; and, inftead of Remedies, their Conjurers 
mumble over their Bodies fome ftrange Jargon. 
Wounds they few up; Catarads on the Eyes they 
take off as follows: They infert a crooked Needle 
under the Skin, and with a Knife raife it up, and 
draw it off fafely. When their Children are troubled 
with Worms, the Mother puts her Tongue up the 
Fundament, to kill them. 
Cap. X. XI. and XII. Of their Cuftoms, Capacities, 
Cloathing , Diet, and Cookery , to p. 7 7* 
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