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108 And where they are left in Holes, they take them with an Intrument made for this Purpoe, viz. a Perch headed with two harp hooked Bones, or with one or two Iron Hooks.

The or  o named from the great Quantity or Roe that's found in it, as he is commonly found in hallow Water and upon the Sands, o he is catched like the Salmon with the aforementioned Intrument. There is uch abundance of thee Fihes, that, as they cannot conume them all being freh, they are obliged to dry them on the Rocks, and keep them for Winter Proviion. When catching is over, which happens in the Month of May, then the Greenlanders retire into the Bays and Creeks, where the Lods or  then takes Place. There are uch numberles Shoals of them near the Shore, that they catch them in a Kind of Sieves fatened upon long Poles, and throw them upon the Shore; they open and dry them upon the Rocks, keeping them for their