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Rh a Peron dies in the Houe, his Body mut not be carried through the ordinary Entry of it, but conveyed out at the Window; and if he dies in a Tent, he is brought out at the back Part of it. At the Funeral, a Woman lights a Stick in the Fire, brandihing the ame and aying, Piklerrukpok, that is, here is no more to be got.

When little Children die and are buried, they put the Head of a Dog near the Grave, fancying, that Children having no Undertanding, they cannot by themelves find the Way, but the Dog mut guide them to the Land of the Souls. 



Greenlanders have everal Kinds of Sports and Recreations, with which they pas their Time, when they have no-  Rh