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The Natural Hiſtory

CHAP. VII.

Treats of the ordinary Occupations, as Hunting and Fiſhes; of the Tools and Inſtruments neceſſary for theſe Employments: Of the Houſe Implements and Utenſils, &c. of the Greenlanders.


The Greenlanders Way of getting their Liveloihood; their Tools and Inſtruments are very plain and ordinary, but convenient and well contrived for the Uſe.As every Nation has its peculiar Way of living and of getting their Livelihood, ſuiting their Genius and Temper to the Nature and Produce of the Country they inhabit; ſo the Greenlanders likewiſe have theirs, peculiar to themſelves and their Country. And though their Way and Cuſtoms may ſeem to others mean and ſilly, yet they are ſuch, as very well ſerve their Turn, and which we can find no Fault with. Their ordinary Employments are Fiſhing and Hunting; on Shore they hunt the Rain-Deer, and at Sea they purſue the Whales, Morſes, Seals, and other Sea Animals, as alſo Sea Fowls and Fiſhes.

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