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their Beds, and Lamps to dreſs their Meat with; At the Entry hangs a Curtain.alſo a Curtain made of the Guts or Bowels of Seals ſewed together, through which they receive the Day-light inſtead of Windows. Every Maſter of a Family has got ſuch a Tent, and a great Woman's Boat, to tranſport their Tents and Luggage from Place to Place, where their Buſineſs calls them.
CHAP. IX.
The Greenlanders Perſons, Complexion and Temperament.
Perſons of the Greenlanders.The Greenlanders, as well Man as Woman-kind, are well ſhaped and proportioned, rather ſhort than tall, and ſtrong built, inclined to be fat and corpulent; their Faces broad, thick Lips and flat-noſed; their Hair and Eyes black, their Complexion a very dark tawny; though I have ſeen ſome pretty fair. Their Bodies
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