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Clothes are, for the mot part, made of and Seal Skin, as alo of Birds Skin nicely dreed and prepared. The Men's Habits are a Coat or Jacket, with a Cap or Hood ewed to it, to cover the Head and Shoulders, in the Fahion of a Domino, or Monk's Hood. This Coat reaches down to the Knees. Their Breeches are very mall, not coming above their Loins, that they may not hinder them in getting into their mall Boats. And as they wear no Linen, the Hairs of the Skins the Coat is made of, is turned inward, to keep them warm. Over this Coat they put on a large Frock, made of Seal Skin dreed and tanned, without Hair, in order to keep the Water out; and thus they are dreed when they go to Sea. Rh