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Angmagsalik Fjord. It produces its young in June, and at this 

 time climbs the stones. The Greenlanders say that it Hves on 

 mussels and small crustaceans. 



Phoca foetida Fabr. Ringed Seal. 



Poulsen found the Ringed Seal commonly along the coast 

 to the North of Angmagsalik, both in September 1898, and in 

 the summer of 1899. In spring 1899 it was to be seen on 

 the ice in Angmagsalik Fjord, from the first of April, but in 

 Tasiusak not till the 6*'^ of May. At Angmagsalik it is commonly 

 caught during the whole of the year, most often in the inlets, 

 in summer also outside them. From the beginning of April, it 

 is said to be used to get up on the ice. The young are born 

 in April. Poulsen examined the contents of 22 stomachs ; most 

 often smaller crustaceans were found, that seemed to have been 

 swallowed almost entire, a single time also some squids, once 

 an almost digested fish, certainly a Gadus. 



A little ringed seal was shot near Sabine Island on July 

 10, 1900. In Turner Sund the species was found in the last 

 part of July. In Fleming Inlet one was seen on August 24. 



Phoca gi'oenlandica Fabr. Greenland Seal. 



Along the coast to the North of Angmagsalik, Poulsen saw 

 the Greenland Seal singly during the summer 1899. To Ang- 

 magsalik, he says, it is said to arrive, wandering from the North, 

 in June and July in numbers, yet not in swarms, and it is said 

 to stay there till far into autumn. — According to the communi- 

 cations of Johan Petersen, it arrives twice a year, migrating, in 

 July and September; in July both young and old arrive from 

 without, and after that they are found singly, till the ice begins 

 to form ; in September they come in swarms, and according to 

 the sayings of the Greenlanders, they are then going southward. 



In the floating ice to the North of Jan Mayen , many 

 were to be seen in the first days of July , 1 900. Deich- 



