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tranſlated into Heaven and aſtrifed, if I may ſay ſo; which Conſtellation to this Day goes by the Name of Coma Berenices, or Berenice's Hair: And what Travellers relate of China and the Eaſt-Indies, where ſome are of Opinion, that the Sun's Eclipſe is nothing but, that a certain Devil or Spright ſometimes ſwallows up the Sun, and then again ſpews it out.
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The Capacity of the Greenlanders, and their Inclination towards the Knowledge of God, and the Chriſtian Religion; and by what Means this may eaſily be brought about.
The Nation of the Greenlanders for the moſt part ſtupid and indolent.As the Greenlanders are naturally very ſtupiud and indolent; ſo are they likewiſe very little diſpoſed to comprehen and conſider the divine Truths, which we expound to them; and notwithſtanding People in Years ſeem to approve of the Chriſtian
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