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prepared as I have mentioned above , 
and in winter they wore Ion?* fur-^owns. 
like the Samojedes, or Laplanders, fur- 
nifhed with a hood, which coveted their 
head and neck, leaving only an opening 
for the face. Thefe gowns were fewed 
clofe round, fo that to put them on, 
they were obliged to bring them ove: 
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their heads like a fhirt, 
Excepting the uneafinefs which gene- 
rally accompanies an involuntary foli- 
tude, thefe people, having thus by their 
ingenuity fo far overcome their wants, 
might have had reafon to be contented 
with what Providence had done for 
them in their diftrefsful fituation. But 
that melancholy reflection, to which each 
of thefe forlorn pcrfons could not help 
giving way, that perhaps he might fur- 
vive his companions, and then perifli for 
want of fubfiitence, or become a prey 
to the wild beafts, inceiiantly diftnrbed 
their minds. The mate, Ale x i s Hi m kof, 
more particularly futfered, who having 
