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1778. I concluded that this title came to them by inheri- 
April. J 
* . tance. 
I faw nothing that could give the leail inlight into their 
notions of religion, befides the figures before mentioned, 
called by them Klumma. Moft probably thefe were idols ; 
but as they frequently mentioned the word acweek , when 
they fpoke of them, we may, perhaps, be authorized to 
fuppofe that they are the images of fame of their anceftors, 
whom they venerate as divinities. But all this is mere 
conjecture; for we faw no act of religious homage paid to 
them ; nor could we gain any information, as we had 
learned little more of their language, than to afk the names 
of things, without being able to hold any converfation 
with the natives, that might inftruct us as to their inftitu- 
tions or traditions. 
In drawing up the preceding account of the people of 
this Sound, I have occafionally blended Mr. Anderfon’s ob- 
fervations with my own; but I owe every thing to him that 
relates to their language; and the following remarks are in 
his own words. 
u Their language is, by no means, harlh or difagreeable, 
farther than proceeds from their ufing the k and h with 
more force, or pronouncing them with lefs foftnefs than we 
do; and, upon the whole, it abounds rather with what we 
may call labial and dental, than with guttural founds. The 
fimple founds which we have not heard them ufe, and 
which, confequently, may be reckoned rare, or wanting in 
their language, are thofe reprefented by the letters d,f, 
g, r, and v. But, on the other hand, they have one, which 
Is very frequent, and not ufed by us. It is formed, in a 
particular manner, by clafhing the tongue partly againft 
the roof of the mouth, with confiderable force ; and may 
be 
