SALT-HALIBUT FISHERY. 105 



Greenland is indented by deep fiords, 3 or more miles broad and 50 to 100 miles long, and the tides 

 running out of these with great force have an influence miles from their mouths. 



Temperature of the wafer, at every ten fathoms, on the Fishing Banks, off the west coast of Greenland, latitude 66 +. Time, 



July and August. 



July 6. Latitude 66 25'. Taken betvreen 3 and 4 p. m., during the slack, after the tide had 



beeu running north. 



o Fahr. 



Temperature of air 38 



Temperature of surface 38} 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 37} 



Temperature of 20 fathoms - 36} 



Temperature of 30 fathoms ,. 35} 



Temperature of 40 fathoms, bottom 35J 



July 7. Same place and time of day. 



Fahr. 



Temperature of air 40^ 



Temperature of surface 38} 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 37J 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 36J 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 35} 



Temperature of 40 fathoms, hottom 35| 



Aiignsl 2. Taken between 7.30 and 8 p. m. 



OFahr. 



Temperature of air 44 



Temperature of surface 42J 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 39} 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 38} 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 38 



Temperature of 37 fathoms, hottom 37} 



Angust 5. Taken between 7 and 7.30 a. m. Tide very slack. 



oFahr. 



Temperature of air 46| 



Temperature of surface 41J 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 38J 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 38J 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 38 



Temperature of 35 fathoms, bottom 37 



August 8. Taken 6 p. m. The time of slack different in places a few miles apart; likewise the 

 force and direction of the current. 



o Fahr. 



Temperature of air 45 



Temperature of surface 43J 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 41 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 3? 



Temperature of 24 fathoms, bottom 37} 



August 20. Taken between 8 and 8.30 p. m. Slight surface tide. About 40 miles WSW. from 

 Holsteinborg. 



F.ihr. 



Temperature of air 44 



Temperature of surface 43 



Temperature of 10 fathoms , 41} 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 39 



Temperature of 25 fathoms, bottom 38} 



The preceding observations, though few, will show very well the temperature of the water on 

 the banks at various depths. 



HARBOKS. The harbors of greatest use to the fishermen will be those of Tlolsteiuborg and 

 Sukkertoppen. Of the latter I can say nothing, except that it is reported, by those who have been 

 there, as a good harbor. Holsteiuborg, surrounded on three sides by the mainland and on the 



