ZooLoey. 
Zoo.oay.—The character of the man who inhabits 
496 GREENLAND. 
Greenland. Gyrophora erosa..: Beeomices fragilis. Coralloid. fragil. Fucus vittatus. © Ds 
nha ~ cylindrica. Foti viridis. | jug sane, 3h eae ye 
part hirsuta pie aa aes sing as wy 
*' Endocarpon tephroides. aquatice. ‘ Rouen: vanvrrebeah. | 
2 Fa te Fucus us. perforatus. Nova Sfecies. 
Urceolaria calcarea. divaricatus. . Ue.) 4 eae 
Parmelia tartarea. inflatus. Ulva umbilicalis. ~ nme 
candelaria. ceranoides. plicata. rn 
brunnea. spiralis. ' intestinalis. 
subfusca, » canaliculatus. : : spongiformis. ittiw te * 
gelida. serratus, Eaten by the na- incrassata. " ay 
stellaris. tives. clavata. 
»  saxatilis, soboliferus. Jatissima. 
omphalodes. coccineus. lanceolata. ia 
arietina. a, _ flavescens, 
axinea. copodioi es. com 1s Jeepney ay Pritt 
farinacea. oa ervoides. Tremelle. i toy naka 
jubata. . nodosus. : ‘Tremella granulata. reer bi 
capillaris. siliquosus. . (Angustifolius. ) verrucosa. 9) 
nigrescens Alga marina, Seba. ; hemispherica. 
ciliaris, loreus. : | Mostoc. 17x 
ochroleuca. aculeatus. agaricoides. 
Peltidia horizontalis. clathrus, rubra.» 
venosa. laceratus. adnata. 
resupinata. laciniatus. : pituitosa. 
canina. flagelliformis. (Fucusfilum.) | Conferve. _ 
saccata, - palmatus. Eaten by the Conferva rivularis. 
crocea. Gree! rs. ~~ fontinalis. ‘bi 
Cetraria islandica. edulis... Editur ab’ Groen- dichotoma. 
groenlandica nigra. landis fame-coactis. a: canalicularis.§ 6) 0) 
groenlandica viridis. cordatus. Lubentissime edi- distorta. — . 
nivalis, tur, aukpadlartok dictus. reticulata =) 
pulmonaria. esculentus. Fimbriatus. Sut- linum. { 
juniperina. luitsok Greenlandis, deli- nitida. 
Cornicularia lanata. catula illis esca incocta. pennatula. 
tristis. cartilagineus. Urgente hye- rupestris. 
pubescens. me cocta editur, haud lu- floccosa. 
Stereocaulon paschale. benter. diaphana. 
globulare. ramentaceus. Ulva sobolife- _ 8. Fungi. . 
Beeomices cocciferus. ra. Agaricus campanulatus. 
pyxidatus. saccharinus, Suavis esca nae "|  fimetarius. D. edib. Gro- 
cornucopioides. tivis. ; Ki Got enland. , 
fimbriatus. alatus. Boletus luteus. 
acilis. bulbosus. Helvella atra. ~ 
digits digitatus. Fucus hyperbo- Peziza scutellata. 
radiatus, reus, ; zonalis. , 
cristatus, giganticus. Clavaria muscoides. “Rarissime. | 
foliaceus. plicatus. Lycoperdon bovista. Vulneribus ap- 
rangiferinus. albus. ’ plicatur a Groenlandis sanguinis 
uncialis, corneus. flux. imped, causa.) ~ 
subulatus. fungosus. Mucor mucedo, 
radiatus. clavellosus. Li ae 
ifs | 
these latitudes, is given in a former part of the article : it 
will therefore only be necessary to enumerate the ani- 
mals which can bear the hardships of this climate. 
Mammalia. Mammalia.—There are only four different land qua- 
The dog. 
drupeds, which are found in every season on the coast 
of reenland, viz. the dog, the isatis, the arctic hare, 
and the reindeer. The arctic, or white bear, is a mi- 
grating animal: It comes from the eastern and north- 
eastern polar regions, in the beginning of the winter, 
with the floating ice, to the western coast of Green. 
land, and leaves it again about the end of June. 
__ The dog is the faithful companion of man in this'as 
in every other country, and would undoubtedly be so in 
a higher degree, if the Greenlanders treated this poor 
animal in a more humane ere The dogs are in ge« 
neral large, and have the size and appearance of wolves. 
Their colour is very various, generally greyish brown, 
greyish white, mixed with yellow and black: they bark 
very seldom, but set up a dreadful how]. _ They sleep 
on the roofs of the houses of their masters, or lodge 
: themselves in the snow, lying with only their noses out. 
ers use them in ° 
They swim very well. The ; 
place of horses: they harness them to theirs , side 
by side, by means of thongs cut out of the Phoca bar- 
bata, or great seal : These a are ten yards long, 
the common distance between’ the dogs and the sledge ; 
and in this manner they visit their fone: winter, or 
draw home the seals which — ve Ki t 
ice of the frozen sea. They will travél sixty English 
miles ina day with sledges or sliders of whalebone, 
loaded with their two masters and five or six seals, 
over the. 
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