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Rh Mother dips her Finger into Water, and rubs the Child's Lips with it; or he puts a little Bit of Snow into its Mouth, aying, Imekautit, which ignifies, thou hat drunk a good deal; and when he eats, he takes a Bit of Fih, and holds it to the Child's Mouth, and hakes her Hand, with this Word, Aiparpotit, that is to ay, thou hat eat and kept me Company. They cut the not with a Knife, but with a  or they bite it off with their Teeth; and when the String is dry, they ue it as an Amulet.

They hold a Chamber Pot over the Head of the Woman in Labour, imagining that it helps to haten her Delivery. The Child being a Year old, the Mother labbers and licks it all over, from Head to Foot, that it may grow hale and trong. They eldom bear Twins, but Monters are often brought forth. In the Year 1737 a Woman, in the Bay of Dico, was delivered of a hideous Monter; the Eyes were placed on the Side of the Noe; it had a pointed Snout and no Rh