SALT HALIBUT FISHERY. 105 



Greenland is indented by deep fiords, 3 or more miles broad and 50 to 100 miles long, and the tides 

 running out of these with great force have an influence miles from their mouths. 



Temperature of Hie water, at every ten fathoms, on the Fishing Banks, off the west coast of Greenland, latitude 66 +. Time, 



July and August. 



July 6. Latitude 66 25'. Taken between 3 and 4 p. m., during the slack, after the tide had 

 been running north. 



Fahr. 



Temperature of air 38 



Temperature of surface r ..^_... 38J 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 37{ 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 36J 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 35$ 



Temperature of 40 fathoms, bottom 35J 



July 7. Same place and time of day. 



OFahr. 



Temperature of air 40| 



Temperature of surface 3gj 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 37J 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 36J 



Temperature of 30 fathoms >. 35J 



Temperature of 40 fathoms, bottom , 35J 



August 2. Taken between 7.30 and 8 p. m. 



<>Fahr. 



Temperature of air 44 



Temperature of surface 431 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 39^ 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 3gj 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 38 



Temperature of 37 fathoms, bottom 37j 



August 5. Taken between 7 and 7.30 a. m. Tide very slack. 



oFahr. 

 Temperature of air 46i 



Temperature of surface 4ji 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 3gi 



Temperature of 20 fathoms . 391 



Temperature of 30 fathoms 38 



Temperature of 35 fathoms, bottom 37 



August 8. Taken 6 p. m. The time of slack different in places a few miles apart ; likewise the 

 force and direction of the current. 



Fahr. 

 Temperature of air 45^ 



Temperature of surface ^ 431 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 41 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 32^ 



Temperature of 24 fathoms, bottom 37j 



August 20. Taken between 8 and 8.30 p. m. Slight surface tide. About 40 miles WSW. from 

 Holsteinborg. 



oFahr. 

 Temperature of air 44 



Temperature of surface 43 



Temperature of 10 fathoms 41j 



Temperature of 20 fathoms 391 



Temperature of 25 fathoms, bottom 38} 



The preceding observations, though few, will show very well the temperature of the water on 

 the banks at various depths. 



HAEBOES. The harbors of greatest use to the fishermen will be those of Holsteinborg and 

 Sukkertoppen. Of the latter I can say nothing, except that it i.s reported, by those who have been 

 there, as a good harbor. Holsteiuborg, surrounded on three sides by the mainland and on the 



