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there can scarcely be any doubt with regard to the correctness 

 of the determination, for he makes a distinction between this cod 

 which he calls «Ogak» according to the statement of the Green- 

 landers, and the common cod {G. callarias) or «Saraudlik». 



G. Holm mentions (1. с p. 54) «Fjord-Cod» among the 

 fishes which are found at Angmagsalik, adding that the Eskimo 

 only get them when the Crested Seal brings them up to the 

 surface. 1 have learned by mag. sc. С. Kruuse, that by 



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Fjord-Cod is meant the cod which the Eskimo call «Uvak», but 

 this is the same as «Ogak», that is Gadus ogac Rich. Kruuse 

 did not see it himself during his stay at Angmagsalik, but the 

 Danes there told him the same about it as Holm states. 



Gadus saida Lepechin. 



Tasiusak. In crevices by the ice-foot, close under shore 

 (Steep rock). 12.5.1899. 3 specim. 83, 117, 162 mm. 



Tasiusak. 5 — 10 fms. Dredging under the ice. 25. 5. 1899. 

 1 specim. 130 mm. 



Tasiusak. 10.3.1901. 3 specim. 49,111,117 mm. 



Angmagsalik. 9 — fms. 14.9.1900. Eel-seine. 4 specim. 

 85, 102, 113, 162 mm. 



Angmagsalik. 10 — fms. 16.9.1900. Eel-seine. 11 specim. 

 72.5, 80, 83, 92, 96, 100, 102.5, 105.5, 119, 158, 187 mm. 



Turner Sund. 2 — fms. 25.7.1900. Eel-seine, 5 specim. 

 58.5, 71.5, 86.5, 95.5, 267 mm. 



Hekla Havn. 12.8.1891. 1 specim. 254 mm. 



Hekla Havn. 15.9.1891. 2 specim. ПО, 132 mm. 



Hurry Inlet , the coast of Jameson Land. 7 — fms. 

 7.8.1900. Eel-seine. 42 specim. 45— 74 mm. M. 



The size of this fry is remarkably fluctuating viz: 45, 46, 46, 47, 47.5, 

 49, 50, 50.5, 51, 52, 53, 54, 54 5, 55, 55.5, 56, 56.5, 57, 57, 57, 57, 58, 

 58, 58.5, 58.5, 60, 60.5, 61.5, 61.5, 61.5, 62, 62, 62, 62, 64, 65, 65..5, 67, 

 67.5, 68, 71, 74 mm. Probably they are all dating from the year before 

 (1-group). 



