INDEX. 



287 



curious altars, etc., '24:'2 ; suiferings 

 of liis people, 244 ; liis own danger, 

 245 ; his unfortunate end, 247 



Munckenes Vinterhaven, port of 

 Munck's winter, 241 



Muscle liarbour, 10, l(i, 21, 31 



Narwhal, the, 102, 140 



North bay or haven at Spitzbergeu, 18, 



24 

 Northern Light, 206 

 Northern shark, 103, 158 

 Nova Zembla, voyage of the Dutchmen 



in 15!)G, 254 ; its position, ib. 

 Norwegians discover Greenland, 184 



Olaus Truggerus, king of Norwav, 187, 



188 

 Ophidium Parii, 158 

 Ostrebug, dwelling built by Eric, 180; 



name afterwards given to the east of 



Greenland, 189 



Pellham, Edward, his departure from 

 London, 257 ; sent from the ship 

 with seven men in a shallop to get 

 venison, 259 ; they lose the ship, ib. ; 

 their wanderings and sulferings, 

 260-280 ; ai'rival of two ships from 

 Hull, 281 ; the London fleet arrives, 

 and they are taken on board the 

 Admiral, 282 ; retm'n to England, 

 283 



Pei'iwinkle, plant like, 52 



Pigeon or black guillemot, 53, 154 



Pike whale, 149 



Plants of Spitzbergen, 45 



Plant with aloe-leaves, 46 



Plover, ringed, 151 



Polar bear, 80, 143 



Pomarine skua, 150 



Pope Gregory IV, his hull respect- 

 ing the propagation of the faith in 

 Greenland, 188 



Prawns or garnels, 92, 100 



Ptarmigan, 151 



Puffin or Coulterneb, 71, 154 



Purple sandpiper, 57 



Qualms (sea), 134 



Eathsher or ivorj' gull, 02, 1 50 

 Ravensfiord, port of, 180 

 Pvazor-back, 149, 132 

 Razor-bill, 154 

 Eedpole, lesser, 150 

 Red surmullet, 158 



Red throated diver, 154 

 Rehenfelt (Deerstield), 8, 12, 24 

 Reindeer, 79, 147 ; their affection for 



each other, 148 

 Reyatsen, island, 191 

 Richkardtsen, Karsten, his voyage to 



to Greenland, 222 

 Ringed jjlover, 151 

 Roansen island, 191 

 Rock plant, 54 



Rose-like shaped slime-fish, 137 

 Rotges or little auk, 68, 155 

 Rotz-fishes, 134 

 Rough or ringed seal, 145 

 Rumpesinfiord, 191 



Sabine's gull, 157 



Safe harbour at Spitzbergen, 18 



St. Nicholas, church of, in the town of 

 Garde, the cathedral of Greenland, 

 189 ; its possessions, 191 



St. Olaus and St. Augustine, monas- 

 tery dedicated to, 191 



St. Thomas, monastery of, in Green- 

 land, 189 



Sandstafin roadstead, 185 



Sandpiper, common, 151 



Saw-fish or sword-fish, 102, 159 



Schmeremburg, an old Dutch settle- 

 ment, 22 



Scurvy-grass, 49 



Sea, of the, 26 



Sea ci'aw-fish without a tail, 91 



Sea horses or morses, 8, 11, 18,21, 86, 

 146 



Sea monsters, 209 



Sea sickness, remedies for, 29 



Seals, 4, 5, 83, 145 ; rough or ringed, 

 145 ; common, 146 ; harp, ib. ; 

 hooded, ib. 



Seaman, Cornelius, his ship crushed 

 by the ice, 6 



Shark, (the), 103, 158 



Shrimps or lesser garnels, 93 



Silver ore found in Greenland, 220 



Singular eflect of the first two sum- 

 mer months in Spitzbergen, 38 



Skajefiord, the most eastern town in 

 Greenland, 190 



Skrelingres, said to hold possession of 

 Vestrebug, 192 ; conjectures con- 

 cerning, 193 



Skua, (Pomarine), 156; (Arctic), 69, 

 156 



Slime-fish like a cap, 138, 169 ; slime- 

 fish like a fountain, 139, 169 



Slime-fish ( snail), 136, 100; (hat), 130 ; 

 (rose-shaped), 137 



Snake weed, 51 



