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Drink Water cooled with Ice.Furthermore, they put great Lumps of Ice and Snow into the Water they drink, to make it the cooler for to quench their Thirſt. They are, taking them in general, very hoggiſh and dirty in their eating and dreſſing of their Victuals; they never waſh, cleanſe, or ſcour the Kettles, Pots, or Diſhes, in which they dreſs, and out of which they eat their Victuals; which, when dreſſed, they often lay down upon the dirty Ground, which they walk upon, inſtead of Tables. Very hoggiſh in their Eating.They will, with ſo great an Appetite and Greedineſs, feed upon the rotten and ſtinking Seal Fleſh, that it turns the Stomach of any hungry Man, who looks upon them. They have no ſet Time for their Meals, but every one eats when he is hungry, except when they go to Sea, and then their chief Repaſt is a Supper, after they are come home in the Evening; and he, whoſe Supper is firſt ready, They invite one another.calls his Neighbours to come and partake of it, as he does again with them reciprocally; and ſo it goes round from one to another.

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