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Rh For outward Hurts, as Wounds, Cuts of Knives, and the like, they ew or titch them together. If any grow blind, as it often happens to them, the Eye being covered over with a white Skin; they make a mall Hook with a Needle, which they faten into this Skin, to looen it from the Eye, and then with a Knife they pull it off. When Children are plagued with Worms, the Mother puts her Tongue (Salvâ vericâ) into the Anus of the Children, for to kill them. Burnt Mos with mixt together erves for Plaiters to freh Wounds; or they cover the Wounds with a Piece of the innermot Rind of a Tree, and it will heal of itelf.

The Greenlanders are commonly of a phlegmatick Temper, which is the Caue of a cold Nature and Stupidity: they eldom fly into a Paion, or are much affected or taken with any thing, but of an inenible, indolent Mind. Yet I am of Opinion, that what contributes mot to this Coldnes and Stupidity is Want of Education I