of Greenland.
91
poons, as we do the Whales. The reſt of Fiſhes that haunt the Greenland Seas, Other Fiſhes in theſe Seas.are the Holybut, Torbut, Codfiſh, Haddock, Scate, ſmall Salmon or Sea-Trout of different Kinds and Sizes (the large Salmon not being ſo frequent in Greenland) and theſe are very fat and good. They are found in all Inlets, and Mouths of Rivers. Cat-fiſh is the moſt common Food of Greenlanders, inſomuch, that when all other Things fail, the Cat-fiſh muſt hold out, of which there are abundance, both Winter and Summer. In the Spring, towards the Month of April, The Fiſh Rogncal, or Roe Fiſh.they catch a ſort of Fiſh called Rogncals, or Stone-biter; and in May another Fiſh, called Lyds or Stints, both Sorts very ſavoury; they frequent the Bays and Inlets in great Shoals. There are alſo Whitings in abundance, but Herrings are not to be ſeen. Moreover there is a kind of Fiſh, which neither I myſelf nor any of my Company had ever ſeen before; this Fiſh is not unlike a Bream, only it is prickly with ſharp Points all over, with a ſmall Tail. There are of
diffe-
