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he might be compared with t.he ancient Nor-eemen ,
"Eteh is more or Iess a de Lf ce cy i n the North" , sedd Capt . Bar-tIet.t 1n his
df scuesdon'" , Arctic explorer s se I doa have 'the t ime t o fish a nd a fish dinner i s
a r a r i t y . Still, in the far North t here 18 pl enty of rock cod, sea t rout, char
(8 kind of s a l mon) , caplin, shrimp, end , of course aea Ls and va Iz-ue , be s i de s
nar-vha'l, r i ght whaIea, and per haps ha l f a doze n ot her ve r-Letde e less known in the
t.enper-e t e regf.ons'" ,
"Ajlit t l e Je r -t.her- South t.he cod i s to be found , a nd halibut a bound s in va t.e r-s
that a r-e f r ozen over for e ly,ht mont hs i n t he year . I hav e caught codf'Lsb i n Hudson
Strait, and the Greely party ac'tueLky lived on shrimp a t Cape Sabine during one
vho'le summer . The shrimp has be en found i n abundance a s f ar North as Cape Cokumbfe
i n I atdt ude 86° 11 •
The observations of Capt . Bartlett a r e those of 8 I'Lshez-man vhoee early t rai n-
ing in Nevfound'land va t .er-e ha s nev er be e n forgotten . In t he case , of the shrimp
t.hey clearly ehov t.he wide range of t hi s particular species. Shrimp are found in
~·_-·"· er~ a t e 8t ebundance -f n -bb « t.r-opfceI .....e t.er-e -ebout- the Gulf· -of-·Mexico-·and -offthe- ·~·~-- ---
Atlantic Coast of Florida and Georgia .
Commercial finhine i s not followed much above Nevfound.Lend , Capt. Bar-t .Iet.t ,
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~ - who':Ol ~iri~~ ,p·~~ ti~~t~;Ck~~'~~:h~~· f~r-=i~~th 8 Afi ~h'~i:;~~;~ "~:~~~t~~~~¢6fif~~fy ";;d--- -- -
safely, has no rec ollection of eve r see Lng a f1sh , market a f t er leavi ng St. J ohn' s .
The nati ve s of frozen Gr eenland make fish a r-egu'lar- diot, hove ver, bu t bec au se of
their lei sur e l y mode of life ha ve ne ver gon e i nt o business .
Living is just. an ti' bre ez e af ter another her-e, and money playa a comparati ve l y
smRll part in the e conomi c life of the Esktno, Still the I'Leb are there , and , in
the a bse nce of f8 t meat f r om the BeJa1 or va Ir-us, it i A used as food throughout va at,
r-eg f ona wher-e the vbd t.e man visits only for pur-poae e of ex p'I or-at.j.on , and the Hoon