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Angmagssat, and use them as toys to their children. He too took home 
such a roli of small fishes which likewise turned out to be young 
of 5. mariuus, ca. 25—30 mm long. 1 ) 
Thus young of 5. marinus are abundant at Angmagssalik at the 
time of the year (the last half of May and June) when the Ang¬ 
magssat comes in to spawn, and, judging by their length, they are 
young which were born in spring of the same year. Such young 
may, however, be met with still later in the year, for our Museum 
possesses a glass full of young S. marinus (127 specimens, 29—45 
mm long) which were collected October 24. (1913) at Angmagssalik 
by Colonial Manager Johan Petersen. 2 ) 
These young, occurring at the coast, must have been born in 
the open sea or above great depths and have perhaps come in from 
afar, from some distant part of the Denmark Strait (compare pp. 
92—95. 
9. Catch and use. 
Concerning the use of the redfish, it is mentioned by G. 
Holm (1. c. p. 54) among the fishes which are eaten by the natives 
at Angmagssalik; they do, however, only get it when the hooded 
seal (Cystophora cristata) carries it to the surface; the natives do 
not catch it themselves, of course, because they do not know fishing 
by hook, and the redfish is, as we know, a deep sea fish. — In 
this respect a great change has, however, of late years taken place. 
The above mentioned fishing experiments having proved the red¬ 
fish to be abundant at Angmassalik, the Danish manager of the 
district, A. T. Heaegaard, has taught the Greenlanders fishing 
by deep sea line, and now they catch many redfish (and other 
useful fishes) which are a great help in times of need when the 
sealfishing fails. 
x ) The Esquimaux of Angmagssalik are not only well aware that these 
small fishes are no Angmagssat (Mallotus villosus ), though they come 
to the same places where the Angmagssat go in to spawn, but they must 
even be of opinion that these young belong to the deep sea, for a Dåne, 
Mag. scient. Joh s. Gandrup, who is well versed in the Esquimau lang¬ 
uage, has informed me that the Greenlandic name “Itivdlernat” of these 
small fishes means “something in connection with the deep sea”. 
-> He names them “Ititernat” and “Itivdlernat”, whilst Holm uses the 
name of “Iterdlarnat”. 
