viz. the three Sons in the Belt of Orion, they name Siektut, that is ſeparated; becauſe theſe three, they ſay, before their Metempſychoſis, or rather Metamorphoſis, were three honeſt Greenlanders, who being out at Sea, a Seal catching, were bewildred, and not being able to find the Shore again, were taken up into Heaven.
Urſa Major, the great Bear Star, is ſtiled by thoſe that dwell in the 64 Degree, Tugto, or Rain-Deer; while they that live in the Bay of Diſco at 99 Degrees, call it Aſſelluit, the Name of a Tree, to which they tie their Line, when they ſhoot Seals. Taurus, the ſecond Sign in the Zodiac, is named Kellukturſet, or Kennel of Hounds, who ſeem to have a Bear among them; by this Conſtellation they reckon their Hours by Night. Iverſuk, that is, two Perſons that contend with Songs or Verſes in taunting one another, as is cuſtomary among the Greenlanders. Theſe two Stars are in the Conſtellation Taurus, of which heretofore. Aldebaren or Nennerroak, that is, a Light who lights the two Singers. Canis Major is cal-
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