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Rh poons, as we do the Whales. The ret of Fihes that haunt the Greenland Seas, are the Holybut, Torbut, Codfih, Haddock, Scate, mall Salmon or of different Kinds and Sizes (the large Salmon not being o frequent in Greenland) and thee are very fat and good. They are found in all Inlets, and Mouths of Rivers. is the mot common Food of Greenlanders, inomuch, that when all other Things fail, the mut hold out, of which there are abundance, both Winter and Summer. In the Spring, towards the Month of April, they catch a ort of Fih called Rogncals, or and in May another Fih, called Lyds or Stints, both Sorts very avoury; they frequent the Bays and Inlets in great Shoals. There are alo Whitings in abundance, but Herrings are not to be een. Moreover there is a kind of Fih, which neither I myelf nor any of my Company had ever een before; this Fih is not unlike a Bream, only it is prickly with harp Points all over, with a mall Tail. There are of diffe-