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Cap. XVI. and XVII. Language and Vocabulary , 
to p. 105. 
At Page 8 6 . the Author prefents his Reader with a 
Greenland Ode, much lik?e Lapland Poetiy* 
Their Language has no Affinity with any known 
European one'. Few Words are like the old Nor - 
werian. It is difficult ot Pronunciation, as moll of 
their Words are Gutturals. It has not the Letteis 
c, d, f, g, x. 
Cap. XVIII. and XIX. Trefent State of Trade in 
Greenland, and of Religion there, to p.120. 
Their Religion confifls in nothing more than ffir 
perffitious Ceremonies. 
Cap. XX. Aftronomy, top. 125. 
The Sun, Moon, Planets, and other Stars, they 
imagine had their Beginning Irom their Forefathers* 
and were formerly People by a ftngular Manner taken 
up to Heaven. They are of Opinion, that when the 
Moon does not appear, or is dark, it is feeking her 
Suftenancc on the Earth : And they fay further, that 
it fometimes comes down, and makes Whores of their 
Women ; for which Reafon none dare lie on their 
Backs, before they fpit on their Fingers, and Broke it 
over their Bellies 5 and young Girls daic not Bare at 
the Moon, for fear of conceiving by her. 
Cap. XXI. Confideratto?is of the Reverend and 
Learned Author, for promoting the Succefs of his 
Mijfion, and the Salvation of the Greenlanders, 
to the End. 
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