Treats of the ordinary Inhabitants, their Houſes, and Houſe-Furniture.
The modern Greenlanders deſcend from the ancient Schrellings. With ſome Mixture of the old Norway Colonies.'Tis undoubted that the modern Inhabitants of
Greenland are the Off
ſpring of the
Schrellings, e
ſpecially tho
ſe that live on the We
ſtern Coa
ſt, and there may be
ſome Mixture (for ought we know) of the ancient
Norway Colonies, that formerly dwelled in the Country, who in Length of Time were blended and naturalized among the Natives, which is made probably by
ſeveral
Norway Words found in their Language. For, although the
Norway Colonies were de
ſtroyed, yet there was, no doubt,
ſome Remains of them, which joined with the Natives, and became all one Nation. With the
ſe Inhabitants all the Sea Coa
ſts are peopled,
ſome more and
ſome le
ſs. The Coa
ſt is pretty populous in the Southern Parts, and on the North in 68 and 69 Degrees; though compared to other