. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. ^ebec* 3^5 floned round his body, and faftens it well with the ftraps j th th( over waves boat with confiderable violence, and not a fingle drop comes into ^ the clothes o
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. ^ebec* 3^5 floned round his body, and faftens it well with the ftraps j th th( over waves boat with confiderable violence, and not a fingle drop comes into ^ the clothes of ,he Efgli. mux keep the wet from him. He has an oar hand, which has , paddle at each end "it boat in equihbnum during a ftorm. The^^paddles Uin but a Cngle perfon. E/juimaux have often ltd i ⢠f ' ' n'^^'^ '=°'" '"""y â »"« from and. 0 violent ftgrms. where (bL found it ifficah ,0 fave .hemfelves. Their boats floa on the waves hke bladders, and they row them with incredible velocity. I am told they have 'boats of different ihapes. They have likewife larger boats of wood, covered with leather, in which feveral people may fit, and in which their women commonly go to fea. Bows and arrows, javelins and harpoons, are their arms. Wuh the laft they kill whales, and other large marine animals. The points of their arrows and harpoons are ilmetimes made of iron, ometimes of bone, and fometi^es of the teeth it "rr^'- J^'''M''^'' "e made of feals lUns The needles with which they fow their cloa hs are hkewife made of iron, or of bone. They fomctimcs go on board the'Sr.)^ fli<ps. in order to exchange fome of their poods 0 and other iron. But it is not advife- ame lor Europeans to go on fliore. unleft thev ^e numerous, tor the E/^mâiaux are fall'e and treache- ^^i I'll. It :i if i! h ! ; i I ,\ 1 i 1 ; d lit I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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