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THE FISHERY. 
Fredericst&hl supply the Danish market with the valued 
furs of the saddle-back seal; Sukkertoppen and Hol- 
steinberg with reindeer-skins; Disco and the northern 
districts with the seal and other oils. The little settle¬ 
ment of Fiskernaes rejoices in its codfish, as well as 
the other staples of the upper coast. It is situated on 
Fisher’s Fiord, some eight miles from the open bay, 
and is approached by an island-studded channel of 
moderate draught. 
OOMIAK, OR WOMEN'S BOAT, F I S H I N G — F I S K E R N A E S. 
We saw the codfish here in all the stages of prepara¬ 
tion for the table and the market; the stockfish, dried 
in thft open air, without salt; crapefish, salted and 
pressed; fresh-fish, a Incus a non htccndo, as salt as a 
Mediterranean anchovy: we laid in supplies of all of 
them. The exemption of Fiskernaes from the con¬ 
tinued fogs, and its free exposure to the winds as they 
draw up the fiord, make it a very favorable place for 
drying cod. The backbone is cut out, with the excep¬ 
tion of about four inches near the tail; the body ex¬ 
panded and simply hung upon a frame: the head, a 
