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agree better together. Turnips and Cole are very good here, and of a ſweet Taſte, eſpecially the Turnips, which are pretty large. I muſt obſerve to you, that all that has been ſaid of the Fruitfulneſs of the Greenland Soil, is to be underſtood of the Latitude of 60 to 65; and differs according to the different Degrees of Latitude. In the Northern Parts they have no Graſs.For in the moſt Northern Parts you find neither Herbs nor Plants; ſo that the Inhabitants cannot gather Graſs enough to put in their Shoes, to keep their Feet warm, but are obliged to buy it from the Southern Parts.
Minerals and Metals are rare in Greenland.Of Greenland Metals or Minerals I have little or nothign to ſay. 'Tis true, that about two Norway Miles to the South of the Colony of Good Hope, on a Promontory, there are here and there green Spots to be ſeen, like Verdigreaſe, which ſhews there muſt be ſome Copper-Ore. And a certain Greenlander, once brought me ſome Pieces not unlike Lead-Ore. There is likewiſe a ſort of Calamine, which has the Co-lour
