Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Illustration: Old Greenland, _as to its_ Eastern & Western Parts. _Vulgo_ Oster Bygd & Wester Bygd _Engraved for Egedes Greenland_ _by J. Smith, 1 Clements Inn, Strand_ _Pubᵈ. May 1ˢᵗ. 1818 by T. & J. Allman, Princes Street, Hanover Square_] A DESCRIPTION OF GREENLAND. BY HANS EGEDE, WHO WAS A MISSIONARY IN THAT COUNTRY FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. A NEW EDITION. WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP OF GREENLAND, AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. SECOND EDITION. [Illustration] LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE; W. H. REID, CHARING CROSS; AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1818. CONTENTS. PAGE HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION i LIFE OF THE AUTHOR xciii CHAPTER I. _Of the Situation and Extent of Greenland. Probability of its forming Part of America_ 1 CHAP. II. _First Settlement of Greenland, with some Thoughts on the Extinction of the Norwegian Colonies; and whether on the East Side no Remainders may be found of the old Norwegians: also, whether the same Tract of Land cannot be recovered_ 7 CHAP. III. _Of the Nature of the Soil, Plants, and Minerals of Greenland_ 41 CHAP. IV. _Of the Nature of the Climate, and the Temperament of the Air_ 50 CHAP. V. _Of the Land Animals, and Land Fowls or Birds of Greenland; and how they hunt and kill them_ 59 CHAP. VI. _Of the Greenland Sea Animals, and Sea Fowls and Fishes_ 66 CHAP. VII. _Of the ordinary Occupations of the Greenlanders, as Hunting and Fishing: of the Tools and Instruments necessary for these Employments: of their House Implements and Utensils_ 100 CHAP. VIII. _Of the Inhabitants, their Houses, and House Furniture_ 113 CHAP. IX. _Of the Persons, Complexion, and Temperament of the Greenlanders_ 119 CHAP. X.