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162 ceaed play at in Heaven, with the Head of a More, when it lightens or the  (Aurora Borealis) appears, which they fancy to be the Souls of the Deceaed.

When their Acquaintance from Abroad come to ee them, they pend whole Days and Nights in Singing and Dancing; and as they love to pas for Men of Courage and Valour, they'll try Forces together, in Wretling, Struggling, and playing Hook and Crook, which is to grapple with the Arms and Fingers made crooked, and intangled like Hooks. Whoever can pull the other from his Place, thinks himelf a Man of Worth and Valour. The Women's, or rather the Maiden's Plays, conit in dancing around, holding one another by the Hand, forming a Circle, and inging of Songs.