- 8 Alea pica, black 
4, Alea aretica, p 
y -* 
ee ovcur,—1, Mergus serrator. Green, 
- 2. Mergus eee Green. Pararsuk 
? Tearokitsok. a Ont 
isy great auk. Green. 
2. Alca torda, razor-bill. Akpardluk. 
black-billed auk. Green. Akpa. 
. Green. Killangak. 
5. Alca alle, little auk. Green. A larsuk,- 
The alca pica vies with the eider-duck in point of 
utility to the Greenlanders. The skins are used for 
clothing, and the flesh is eaten. They only 
the coast when the cold becomes very severe, and breed 
in summer in the clefts of the remotest rocks.: They are 
killed in canoes with darts, and give food to the Green- 
in the months of February and March, when 
want every other supply from the sea... It appears 
that the words alca, auk, and.akpa are formed from the 
note or sound which the bird emits when flying or 
swimming in large flocks. 
Of Petrels, or Procellarie, are seen,— 
- 1. The Procellaria glacialis, fulmar. Green. Ka- 
kordluk ; and, 
tog. The rg puffinus, shear-water. Green. 
- The prey of these birds being the blubber of the 
whale, they are only found in the vicinity of the 
whale-fisheries, They are, from the nature of their 
food, extremely fetid; and so stupid and voracious, as 
to be killed with rods in their attempt to obtain prey. 
They are rarely eaten. ea a 
Of Guillemots.—1. Colymbus grylle, black guillemot. 
” Green. 
Ti 
2. va gear glacialis, northern guillemot. Green. 
3. Col sepientrionalis, red-throated guillemot. 
Green rhfak. am 
- Their skins are very excellent for clothing, in conse- 
quence of their durability. 
Of Terns.—Sterna hirundo, great tern. Green. 
Imerkoteilak. 
Their eggs are the most delicate of all water-birds, 
They come latest in summer, that is, in the beginning 
‘of June, and leave the coast earliest, that is, in the 
beginning of September, under t noise, 
- Of Gulls.—1. Larus marinus, black-backed gull. 
Green, Nayardluk, 
2. Larus trid , kittiwake. Green. Tatlarak. 
- 8. Larus idus, ivory gull. Green. Nayauarsuk. 
4. Larus arcticus, cataracta parasitica, arctic gull. 
Green. Meriarsairsok. : 
- 5. Larus glaucus, glaucous gull. Green. Naya. 
Of Pelicans.—1. Pelicanus carbo, corvorant. Green. 
Okaitsok-. 
2, Pelicanus cristatus, crested corvorant. Green, 
ingmik. 
3. Pelicanus bassanus, gannet. Green. Kuksuk, 
All ane birds are used as food ; the skins for clothing. 
; ' Scolopax.—1. allinago, common snipe. 
Green. Sigrektok. ieee! an 
Scolopazx jardreka, jardreka. Green. Sargvarsur- 
soak. 
, Of Trin —tl. Trin. a 
‘Green. Sirksariarsungoak. 
aa 2h ee interpres, Hebridal sandpiper. Green. 
8, Tringa lobata. Green. Nelloumirsortok. 
4. Tringa fulicaria. Green. Kajok. 
eee alpina, dunlin. Green. Tojuk. 
_ Of Charadrius, or plover.—1. C, ius apricarius, 
alvargrim. Green. Najoiroveck 
striata, striated sandpiper. 
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2. Charadrius stiaticula, ¥inged plover. Green. Tu- Greenland. 
—_—— 
kagoajok. 
Fisnes,—Greenland cannot boast of valuable fishe- Fisues. 
ries.. The natives attend only to their seal-game, and 
neglect entirely other branch of industry. The 
few Europeans residing there are occupied with trade. 
There can be no doubt, however, that such an ive 
coast would afford numerous and profitable banks. Some 
have already been discovered at boat Got Guanner- 
soak, Fredrikshaab, Fishfiord, Sukkertop, Amertlok, 
where different species of cod fish are caught, for instance, 
Gadus aegicfinus, (Green. Misokarnak); gadus callarias, 
(Green. Sarolik); gadus morrhua, (Green, Saraudlir- 
soak); and gadus barbatus, (Green. Ogat). In the north 
of Greenland, in the 70, 72, and 73d degrees, were dis- 
covered very extensive flounder banks. ‘The pleuronectes 
hippoglossus, holibut, ( . Netarnak), sometimes of a 
weigh of more than 100 ds, is found in abundance 
in the neighbourhood of the colonies Godthaab and Suk- 
kertop. Extensive banks of the ag etidh y - 
sus, (Green, Kaleraglik), were lately discovered at Ja- 
cobs-havn in Disko bay, and at Omenak in Cornelius 
bay. Different ies of salmo, viz. the salmo carpio, 
(Green. Ekalluk), the salmo alpinus, (Green. Tviksar- 
sok), and the salmo rivalis, visit every year the friths and 
inlets of the continent. But the most remarkable of all 
the fishes is the salmo arcticus, called Angmarse@t, the Salmo arc- 
Greenlanders wey their daily food from them. _ It ticus. 
forms their bread, and makes also a sort of dessert after 
their most delicate repasts. The Angmarset live at sea 
most part of the year ; but, at the end of May, they 
come in immense numbers into the bays and friths. 
They are taken in nets, in all kinds of’ vessels, 
and even with thé hands, in great multitudes. 
The whole bottom of the sea seems covered with 
them. They are dried on the rocks, pyt into sacks, 
and preserved for the winter under heaps of stones. 
They are generally eaten dried instead of bread, but ma- 
ny are dressed fresh as soon as they are taken, They 
seldom exceed seven inches in length. They have a 
very strong sharp smell when they are 3 and are, 
on the whole coast of Norway, in bad it, as a very 
noxious fish, a calumny which they do not deserve. The 
impression of this fish occurs frequently in an indurated 
grey sandy marl on the end of the bays. Next to ang- 
marset, the Greenlanders eat most of the ulkes, a kind 
of coltus, particularly cottus scorpius. They eat the 
fishes dried, or boiled in sea water, but the heads of pleu- 
ronectes are eaten putrid. 
Insects.—The Greenlanders are tormented with j... 01s, 
very troublesome insects. The culex pipiens, a 
of musquitoes, appears in the months of June, July, 
and August in myriads. But a great number of other 
insects increase, from the incredible filthiness of the 
natives. 
The insects, which contribute to the comforts of life, 
are, Cancer phalangium, a species, which has some re+ 
semblance to cancer longimanus, the cancer a 
and cancer homaroides. The minute species of Cancer 
pedatus and ‘Cancer oculatus afford food to the whale, 
and their existence is therefore of great importance 
to the natives. Numerous species of oniscus are found 
partly in the sea, and partly attached to the bodies of 
several marine animals, 
Vermes.—Numerous species of eine and lumbri- Worms. 
cus are found, and the intestines of the’ arctie quadru- 
peds, birds, and fishes, swarm with different species of 
ascarides. Of the interesting family of Nereis oceur 
10 species. 
Suetis,—The coast of Greenland cannot 
numerous varieties of beautiful shells, of which the seas 
boast of Surtts. 
