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and, whenever possible, the latitude, but 1 have also 

 given in four divisions a copious account of Spitz - 

 bergen as regards the land, the sea, the ice, the 

 air, the wind, the snow, the rainbows, and also the 

 plants and animals, and more especially the whales 

 and the whale fishery. 



" Dr. Fogel's numerous inquiries have also in- 

 creased the work, by eliciting a great amount of 

 information upon points which would otherwise have 

 escaped me. Dr. Fogel has also arranged the work 

 in proper order, and in such a manner that any point 

 can be found without the need of an index. He has 

 also identified several plants, and determined the 

 classes to which they belong, and has invented 

 several appropriate designations for plants and ani- 

 mals, which had previously had no German name. 

 For all which services I now publicly offer him the 

 thanks which are so justly his due." 



The following are the queries in the " Philosophical 

 Transactions" above referred to : — 



" INQUIRIES FOR GREENLAND. 



" To discharge our promise made in the last " Trans- 

 actions," we shall subjoin the following queries, which we 

 also purpose to recommend in due season, to some of those 

 English masters of ships and other fit persons that shall sail 

 into Greenland for the whale-fishing : intreating withall, as 

 many as have convenicncy, to assist us in these recommen- 

 dations. 



" The inquiries are : — 



" 1. What and how much is the heat of the sun there in 



