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Greenland. of the warm climates abound. Of Asterias occur the 
asterias rubens, with 6 rays; the spongiosa, with 5 
SuEtts, conical rays; the papposa, with 12 and 13 rays; the 
minuta, with 6 rays, and the ophiura, with 5 rays. In 
Discofiord is found the asterias caput meduse. Of 
Echinus exists only the saxatilis ; 12 species of Serpula ; 
3 ies of Chilton, one of which is new, and not yet de- 
scribed; its testee are marbled of a yellow and red colour. 
Of Lepas occurs on the shores, /epas balanus, and bala- 
noides ; and on the skin of the Balzna boops, the lepas 
balenaris, or diadema. _, . ‘ 
Of Brvatvia are found the mya arenaria, arctica, trun- 
cata and byssifera, the latter anew species; only one 
Cardium, viz. ciliare ; three Veneres, the islandica, minuta, 
and fragilis, The pecten islandicus. The mylilus edu- 
lis, discors and faba. The myz and mytili are eaten 
by the natives; and the shells used as spoons. a 
Univatvia are: some paielle, argonauta arctica, 
the favourite food of the balena mysticetus ; the helix 
pellucida, nitida and haliotoides ; the trochus cinera- 
rius, divaricatus and helycinus; the tritontum unda- 
tum, despectum, antiquum, glaciale, lapillus, fornica- 
tum, clathratum, craticulatum, and ciliatum; the two lat- 
ter are new species. Of Nerita, the littorea only is found. 
In the friths and inlets are found various tubiporer 
madrepore, millepore, and cellepore, but all very mi- 
nute. Flusire and sertularie grow on the whole coast 
in great numbers; alcyonia and spongia occur very 
seldom. 
Catalogueof It will no doubt be interesting to our readers to have 
books re- —_ a catalogue of works concerning Greenland, which have 
Crocnleng, been published at different times. 
* The oldest accounts of Greenland will be found in 
Kongs-speilet, or Speculum regale. More in Whitfeldt’s 
Chronica, and in Lychsander’s Chronike. Copenha- 
gen, 1602. Part of it is translated into English, and 
published in Purchas’ Pilgrims. 
Jens Munks Navigatio Septentrionalis, in Danish, 
was published at Copenhagen, 1624, 8vo. It contains 
his voyage for discovering a north-western passage, and 
some account of Greenland. 
Isaac de la Pereyre wrote a Relation dela Groenlande, 
Paris, 1643, 8vo, It was translated into the Danish and 
German language. 
From this time to the year 1721, some curious cri- 
tical pamphlets were written concerning East and West 
Greenland, viz. ; 
RudolphCappel, Ordis Arcticus. Hamburgi, 1675, 4to. 
Arngrimi Jone, Groenlandia, (in Latin.) Hafnie, 
1688, 8vo. : 
Thormodi Torfei, Historia Vinlandie Antique. 
Havnie, 1705, 8vo. 
Thormodi Torfei Groenlandia antiqua. Havnie, 
1706, 8vo. and 1708, 8vo. cum tabulis geographicis, 
Pierre de Mesange, les ‘aventures et les voyages de 
Groenlandt avec une relation de Vorigine, de Phistoire, 
des macurs, et du paradis des habitants du pole arctique, 
a Amsterdam, 1720, 2 vols. 8vo. 
Zorgdrager oud en nieuwe Groenlandish Walvischery, 
4to. Amst. translated into German, Hamb. 1724, 4to. 
Hans Egede, the celebrated Danish missionary, went 
to Greenland in the year 1721, and published, in the 
hae 1729, at Copenhagen, in 4to. Den gamle Groen- 
nds nye perlustration. It was soon translated into 
English, German, Dutch, and French. 
fterwards he published, in the year 1738, at Co- 
penhagen, in 4to, Omstendeli og udforlig Relation 
angoende den Gronlandske Missions Begyndelse og 
Fortsettelse, (containing his Journal). 
Paul Egede, his son, the second Danish missionary, 
published soon afterwards, continuation of Relationerne 
betreffende den Gronlandske Missions Tilstand from1734 Gr 
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to 1740. h 
In the year 1788 he published his last work, Efter- 
retningerne om Groenland, lenges af en Journal holden: 
fra Aarene, 1721 till 1788, 
plates. 
land, published a continuation of De Gronlandske Rela« 
tioner, from 1739—1743. bh wtice 
In the year 1761 David Crantz, of the German. Uni« 
tas Fratrum, visited their. settlements on the coast 
of West Greenland, and remained there till August 
1762... In the year 1765 he published, Historie von 
Gronland. 2. Bande, 8vo. with plates, 3 and in 
the year 1770, Fortsezzung (continuation) Der Historie 
von Gronland. His account was translated into Engs 
lish, Dutch, ron av edines ptog yee 
The Rev. Otto Fabricius, who was a missi in 
Greenland during five years, published his Fauna Groe 
enlandica at Copenhagen, in 1780, in 8yo, 
The first Greenlandish Grammar was published by: 
Paul Egede in the Danish and Latin language at Co- 
penhagen in 1760, in 8vo. rhe veal 
The first Dictionary in Greenlandish, Danish, and 
Latin, was published by Paul Egede, in 1750, in 8vo.. 
Both works were very much improved by Otto Fa« 
bricius, the Grammar in 1791, and in a second edition 
in 1801, and the Dictionary in the year 1804, 8vo. 
Paul Egede was also the first who translated the 
New Testament into the Greenlandish language. It was 
reprinted in the year 1803, and very much improved 
Ne ee cal oy ths: Danish ‘Ratieter. hessiiir' 
esides this, yy the i i ‘or 
furtherance of the Seid partly by the Unitas Fra- 
trum, psalm-books, prayer-books, and other religious’ 
haskachet been printed, and distributed gratis amongst 
the Greenlanders. 3 
GREENLAYW, is a small town of Scotland in Ber’ 
wickshire, and is situated on a plain, watered by the 
Blackadder, nearly in the centre of the county. 
are here the remains of two religious houses, which 
were dependent on the priory of Kelso. Marchmont 
house, the seat of the family of Marchmont, is about 2 
miles from the town. Greenlaw is the county town of» 
Berwickshire. Its population is about 600. fe 
GREENOCK, is a sea-port town in Scotland, situa- 
ted on the Frith of Clyde, about 22 miles below, Glas= 
gow, and 46 above Ayr. It contains. many neat and 
well-built houses, but its streets are irregular and nar- 
row ; and its general appearance is far from. being ele- 
gant. Of late years, it has extended very much to the 
west, and there, as might have been expected from the 
opulence and taste of the inhabitants, a great improve-~ 
ment has taken place both in the general plan and in 
the structure of individual edifices. The principal pub- 
lic buildings of Greenock, consist of the infirmary, 
which was erected in the year 1808 at an of 
nearly £2400, and contains good accommodation for @ 
considerable number of patients; the theatre, erected 
the same year, at an expence of £2500; a bridewell, 
erected in 1809, at an expence of £1340; and a ton- 
tine inn, erected in 1802, at an expence of £10,000. 
There are three established churches, viz. the West 
Church, which serves the country part of the parish, is 
very old, and very uncomfortable; the New Church, 
built in 1762, a large commodious place of worship in 
the centre of the town, and having a steeple attached 
to it 146 feet high; and the East Church, originally 
built in 1774 as a chapel of ease, but erected into a pa- 
rish church in 1809, There is also a Chapel of Ease 
for the Gaelic population, built im 179] at an expence 
penhagen, 8vo. with Cetalogy 
Nils Egede, his brother, who was. merchantin Greens f° 
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