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Esquimaux can relish anything in common with the meanest creature of Creation - For this should we not admire the wisdom & kindness of Providence in forming the palates & powers of all creatures in such a manner as is best adapted to the food, climate & every other circumstance wh may be incident to their respective situation
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"Pepper & salt coloured stone kettles of the Esq 
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All the tools used by the Indian in building his Canoe as well as in making his snow-shoes & every other kind of wood-work consist of a [[underline]] hatchet [[/underline]] -- a [[underline]] knife [[/underline]], a [[underline]] file [[/underline]] & an [[underline]] awl [[/underline]] in the use of which
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they are so dextrous, that every thing they make is executed with a neatness not to be excelled by the most expert mechanic assisted with every tool he could wish!
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Through their means (the Arctic expeditions) the astronomer the geographer the physicist the naturalist the  chemist & Science at Large have acquired facts wh could have been gained - no other way 
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