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l'hr irli'ih ,,rr„ „////, l.iiiijjiinl. mI lln' dnily liciL'lil "I' w:ilc|-\, is r. L'S.S.dHII 

 Tondcr Land, f)r alioiil (il < iKnglislp si|n;iri' miles. 



Tliosc parts uf llic Limfjord wlicrc tlic wator is :*> fatlioms, and d<H-]ior, arc 

 ti luet lier l;')2,7S:'> 'J'oikUm' Land, or liSl'. (Kiiijlislp s(|uaro milof;. 



These 28:'> .s<niaro miles, )iartienlavly, atTord ;i suitahle duclliiiij:-)il;i<-e for tlie 

 ]ilaif«'; for wc find hore a clean ilav bottoni, <|uite destitute of /.ostera, with large 

 (|uantities of little liivalvcs. Of eourse wc lind also frcqiienfly plaiee on shallowcr 

 water, on 2' ., and •_' fathoms, nav less than tliat, but in general wc must sav tbat 

 tlic i)ropcr dwclling-places of tbe larger plaicc are beyond the 3 fathom curvo. 

 The fry, as i1 is well known, prcfi'rs the i|uite clean sand, on a few feet of water, 

 Init it lives only in tbe western part of tbe Limfjord. Only about half of 

 these 2So S(|uare miles enn. at tbe present moment, be said to be jieopled witli 

 lilaiee. 



In tlie Umtjiiiil as well as in Ihe Danisli seas witliin flie Skaw the difference 

 between low water and liisli watev bv the dailv el)li and flow is sr-arfelv nne font. 



