The doings of these poor people were very curious.

They ate voraciously, and evidently preferred their meat raw.

But when the sailors showed disgust at this, they at once made a small fire of moss mingled with blubber, over which they half-cooked their food.
Their mode of procuring fire was curious.

Two small stones were taken--one a piece of white quartz, the other a piece of iron-stone--and struck together smartly.

The few sparks that flew out were thrown upon a kind of white down, found on the willows, under which was placed a lump of dried moss.