A Description of Greenland

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION	i
LIFE OF THE AUTHOR	xciii
Of the Situation and Extent of Greenland. Probability of its forming Part of America	1
CHAP. II.
First Settlement of Greenland, with some Thoughts on the Extinction of the Norwegian Colonies; and whether on the East Side no Remainders may be found of the old Norwegians: also, whether the same Tract of Land cannot be recovered	7
CHAP. III.
Of the Nature of the Soil, Plants, and Minerals of Greenland	41
CHAP. IV.
Of the Nature of the Climate, and the Temperament of the Air	50
CHAP. V.
Of the Land Animals, and Land Fowls or Birds of Greenland; and how they hunt and kill them	59
CHAP. VI.
Of the Greenland Sea Animals, and Sea Fowls and Fishes	66
CHAP. VII.
Of the ordinary Occupations of the Greenlanders, as Hunting and Fishing: of the Tools and Instruments necessary for these Employments: of their House Implements and Utensils	100
CHAP. VIII.
Of the Inhabitants, their Houses, and House Furniture	113
CHAP. IX.
Of the Persons, Complexion, and Temperament of the Greenlanders	119
CHAP. X.
Of the Customs, Virtues, and Vices, and the Manners or Way of Life of the Greenlanders	123
CHAP. XI.
Of their Habits and Way of Dressing	130
CHAP. XII.
Of their Diet, and manner of dressing their Victuals	135
CHAP. XIII.
Of their Marriages, and Education of their Children	140
CHAP. XIV.
How the Greenlanders mourn and bury their dead Friends	143
CHAP. XV.
Of their Pastimes and Diversions, as also their Poetry	154
CHAP. XVI.
Of their Language	163
CHAP. XVII.
Of the Greenland Trade, and whether in promoting it there is any advantage to be expected	179
CHAP. XVIII.
The Religion, or rather Superstition, of the Greenlanders	183
CHAP. XIX.
The Astronomy of the Greenlanders, or their Thoughts concerning the Sun, Moon, Clyx.com