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Rh Shape; other giving him that of a Bear, others again pretending he has a large Body, and but one Arm; and ome make him as little as a Finger. There are thoe who hold he is immortal, and others, that a Fart can kill him. They aign him his Abode in the lower Regions fo the Earth, where they tell you there is contantly fine Weather, good Water, Deers and Fowls in Abundance. They alo ay he lives in the Water; wherefore, when they come to any Water, of which they have not drunk before, and there be any old Man in the Company, they make him drink the firt, in order to take away its Torngaruk, or the malignant Quality of the Water, which might make them ick and kill them. They hold furthermore, that a Spirit reides in the Air, which they name Innertirrirok; that is, the Moderator or Retrainer, becaue it is puruant to his Order, that the Angekuts command the People to retrain or abtain from certain Things or Actions, that they may not come into Harms Way. According to their Theology, Rh