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Their Horn, as feme Authors affirm, arc not Teeth, 
becaute its Root is not in the Jaws, but goes a long 
W ay into the Head. The Nifer , or Porpoife, are alfo 
in thefe Seas; as alfo the JValrofs , fhaped like a Seal, 
but much larger; his Flefh is like fat Pork: His irre- 
concilable Enemy is the white Bear . There are 
feveral Sizes of Seals , but of the fame Shape, except 
the Klap-myfs , which has a cartilaginous Hood, which 
covers his Eyes. There are other Fifh, as Sharks , 
Holly-butts, Red-fijb, 'Trout, Salmon , Bull-heads, 
Stone-biters , Smelts , IVhitings , Herrings , and a Fifh 
like a Bream , with Pricks on its whole Body. There 
are Muffels , and fome large ones that produce the 
Pearl : Here alfo are Shrimps , Crabs , ^r. 
Amongft the Sea birds are the Ldder , Ducks of 
Three Kinds; as likewife the Hiker , and the 7 V- 
nauviarfuk, which has beautiful Feathers, and the Size 
of a Lark: There alio are Geefe here. Greenland 
produces Ma-jcs, Red thanks. Cormorants , Lunders, 
Parrots, Sharvers, Terjlers, Angle- 1 afters, Snipes , 
&c. 
Cap. VII. lmployments and Utenfils, top. 63. 
The lmployments of the Greenlanders , on Shore, 
are to ihoot Rain-'Deer ; and at Sea to catch IT hales , 
Seals, Birds, &c. The Bow is about Six Feet long, 
of tough Fir, which they bind round with Deer 
Sinews: The Point of the Arrow is pointed with 
Iron or Bone. All the fort of Fifh they catch, and 
cannot eat frclh, they dry againd Winter. 
The Boats arc of Two forts; one ufed only by the 
Men, about Three Fathom in Length, their Breadth 
about 1 9 Inches, with an Hole in the Middle, not 
larger 
