CHAPTER VII.

Health of the Natives.--Their Diseases.--Captain N. prescribes a Remedy.--Their superstitious Notions.--Mr. Osborn prescribes for the Sick.--A fatal Case.--They surround Mr. O. with threatening Gestures.--Native Remedy for Nose Bleeding and Sore Eyes.--Burial Ceremony.--Marriages.--General Appearance of the Natives.--Their Character.--Their Habits of Industry.--Property.--Language.--Icebergs.--Their Formation.--The Distance to which Icebergs float.--Their Magnitude.--Field Ice.--The sudden Disappearance of Ice.-- How accounted for.--Icy Vapor.--Poisoning. 127