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X. An Abftratf of a Natural Hiftory of Green- 
land, by Hans Egedius, intituled, iDft 
gauile Groniands $etlufttaftiott, £ll£t 
af Hans Egede. 
bcnljabn, 1741. 4 t0 - Communicated by John 
Green, M. 2 ). Secretary of the Gentlemens 
Society at Spalding. 
The Title Tage is as follows. 
Read Dec. 8. A Defcription of old and new Green- 
,7+3 ' lan ^ oL ' a Natural Hiftor y of old 
Greenland’s Situation, Air, Habitude, and Circum- 
ftances. 
The Beginning and End of the old and new Nor- 
wegian Colonies. The prefent Inhabitants, then 
Original, Manners, Living, and Employments. 
The Products, as Beads, Birds, Fifh, dye- With a 
new Chart, and feveral Copper Plates. By Hans 
Egedius , formerly Miffionary in Greenland , and now 
Superintendant and Profedor in that Language. 
It is dedicated to the Prince Royal of ‘Denmark, occ„ 
Imprimatur Marc Woldike. 
Cap. I. Situation , Climate , and Soil , to p. 4 * 
Greenland lies about 160 Englifi Miles Wed from 
Iceland , begins at 59 Degrees, 40 Minutes North 
Latitude. ^ 
Its Ead Side dretches to Spitzbergan 7 8 to 80 De- 
grees Latitude, and believed to be an Ifland feparate 
from Greenland . _ 
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