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Rh The other kind of Boats are large and open, like our Boats, ome of them 20 Yards long; and thee are called that is, Women's Boats; becaue the Women commonly row them. For they think it unbecoming a Man to row uch a Boat, unles great Neceity requires it: And when they firt et out for the the Men it in a very negligent Poture, with their Faces turned towards the Prow, pulling with their little ordinary Paddle; but the Women it in the ordinary Way, with their Faces toward the Stern, rowing with long Oars. The Inide of thee Boats is compoed of thin Rafts, and the Outide cloathed with thick In thee Boats they tranport their Baggage, as Tents and the like Houhold Furniture, when they go to ettle in ome ditant Places, in quet of Proviion. In thee Boats they alo carry Sails, made of the Bowels and Entrails of Seals. The Mat is placed foremot on the Prow, and as the Sail is broad at the upper End, where it is fatened