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FISHING IN A FRESH-WATER LAGOON. 
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We did not see these animals at Pitlekaj,but a similar pheno¬ 
menon, though on a smaller scale, was observed by Lieut. Bellot^ 
during a sledge-journey in Polar America. He believed that the 
light arose from decaying organic matter. 
After the Chukches had told us that an exceedingly delicious 
black fish was to be found in the fresh-water lagoon at Yinretlen, 
KEITINACKA. 
(After a photograph by L. Palander.) 
which is wholly shut off from the sea and in winter freezes to 
the bottom, we made an excursion thither on the 8th July. Our 
friends at the encampment were immediately ready to help us, 
especially the women, Aitanga, and the twelve-year-old, somewhat 
^ Journal Jun Voyage aux Mers Polaires. Paris, 1854. Pp. 177 
and 223. 
