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Salted, and the Thongs cut round about, and Plated 6 or 9 Fold. EachEnd of the Rope is ty’d about each one of their Middle, and he that isfore-most goes till hc comes to a Safe Standing ; (he other standing Firm allthat time, to keep himup in case his Foot stiould have stip’d : when thefore-most is come to a Safe Standing, then the other goes, eitherBelow orAbove him, where his Business is ; and so they watch time about ; seldomany of theru beingLost, when this is observ’d.

The aforesaid Officer, when any Couple is to be Afarrfd, bring* themto one of their Cbappels , and Administers an Oatb to them; so they areMarrsd, Thei,r Children when they come to the Age of 1 f or 16 , orthereabout, come with the Master of the Iste to the Htrdfeb Ifland, andare there Bapti&d.

An ordinary way of Killing the Fowls in the Mist is this, forne of thescFellows lie beside the Door of the little Housrs they have in their Iflands,

Flat upon their Backs, and open their Breasts: which when the Fewls per-ceive, they Sit upon them, and are presently catth’d, and their NecksBroke. One Fellow has Kill d Hmsdrtds of bowls in One Night aster thismanner.

Somctimes they set Grins on the very Top of the Highest Rocks, andmake them Strong for Gteat b ervis. One being sctting of thesc Grins, ashe was Walking along his Great Toe was Catch’d in one of them, whichmade him stumble and fall down: yct the Grin being Fast and Strong,icept him Hang with his Head downward, till those that Miss’d him came+n the Morning, and found him so Fallen.

VIII. 1. All the Tribes of Fervis are obscrved to have their Sentintls ; e- obftrv*tion* infpecially in the Night: the Watckfulntfs of the Sears is trueto a Proverb. '^ t ^ or d tl '^ sleso /1 have known one, who by surprizing the Sentinel, catched 300 in a Night. M°nm

2. The want of Rain at the usual time of laying Eggs, hinders the Sea- 2 3J-birwls from laying for some Time.

3. If the Aprii-Moon goes far in May, it Hinders the Sea Forvh from lay-ing io or 12 days longer than is ordinary.

4. A Poor Man of Rowdill , in the 10 e Harrits, notarily known by theName of St. Clements Blind, though his sight served him to Travel alonethrough all Harnes, Skie, &c. Yet he was struck Blind (which confirfdhim to his Bed) Two Das es before the New-Mein, at which Instant he Re-covers his Sight. In this he never Errcd oncc in his Life-time, for which hewas called the Infallible Almanach.

5. The Cbtldr-en of Ferintojh in Roß, are raught from their InfanCy toD ink Aejuavitee, and are obscrved never to have any Worms.

6. Many in the High-lands, who pretend not to any Skill in Cbirurgery,do venture to Cut the Uvula off when they are Troubled with rt, and Pre-scribe for a Remedy thereafter a pisce af Breadand Cheese: Which is at»tended with good Succefs, without Hindning the Speech.

7. In many of the Ißes, the Commons apply Spearewort for Paiis öf theHead j it being Bruised and Applied, it Raises a Blißer , from which Issues

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