UNIVALVIA are ; some patella, argonauta, arctica, the favourite food of the balxna mysticetus; the helix cida, nitida, and haliotoides ; the troches cinerarius, divart eatus and helycinus ; the tritonium undatum, despectum, antiquum, glaciale, lapillus, fornicatum, clathratum, cra ticulatum, and ciliatum ; the two latter arc new species. Of Xerita, the littorea only is found.
In the friths and inlets are found various tubiporc, ma drepora, millepora, and cellepora, but all very minute. Plectra and sertularie grow on the whole coast in great numbers ; alcuonia and stion•ia occur very seldom.
It will no doubt be interesting to our readers to have a catalogue of works concerning Greenland, which have been published at different times.
• The oldest accounts of Greenland will be found in Kongs-snei/et, or Speculum regale. More in \Vhitfeldt's Chronica, and in Lychsander's Chronike. Copenhagen, 1602. Part of it is translated into English, and published in Purchas' Pilgrims.
Jens Monks Navigatio Septezztrionalis, in Danish, was published at Copenhagen, 1624, 8 vo. It contains his voy age for discovering a north-western passage, and some ac count of Greenland.
Isaac de la Pereyre wrote a Relation de la Groenlande. Paris, 1643, 8vo. It was translated into the Danish and German language.
From this time to the year 1721, some curious critical pamphlets were written concerning East and West Green land, viz.
Rudolph Cappel, Orbis Arcticus. Hamburgi, 1675, 4to. Arngrimi Jonx, Groenlandia, (in Latin.) Hafnize, 1688. 8 vo.
Thormodi Torfxi, Historia Vinlandice Antigua.. Hay nix, 1705, 8vo.
Thormodi Torfxi Groenlandia antigua. Havnix, 1706, 8 vo. and 1708, 8 vo. cztm tabulis Pierre de Mesange, les aventures et les voyages de Groenlandt, avec une relation de roriginc, de rhistoire, des maw-3, et du paradis des habitants du pole arctiguc, a Am sterdam, 1720, 2 vols. 8vo.
Zorgdrager oud en nieulve Groenlandish Walvischery, 4to. Amst. translated into German, Hamb. 1724, 4to.
Hans Egede, the celebrated Danish missionary, went to Greenland in the year 1721, and published, in the year 1729, at Copenhagen, in 4to. Den gamle Croenlands nye
perlustration. It was soon translated into English, Ger man, Dutch, and French.
Afterwards he published, in the year 1738, at Copenha gen, in 4to, Omstandelig og udforlig Relation angoende den Gronlandske Missions Begyndelse og Fortszettelse, (contain ing his journal.) Paul Egede, his son, the second Danish missionary, published soon afterwards, continuation of Relationerne betreffende den Gronlandske Missions Tilstand from 1734 to 1740.
In the year 1788 he published his last work, Efterret ningerne om Groenland, uddragne of en Journal holden fra Aarene, 1721 till 1788. Copenhagen, 8vo. with plates.
Nils Egede, his brother, who was a merchant in Green. land, published a continuation of De Gronlandske Bela timer, from 1739-1743.
In the year 1761, David Crantz, of the German Uni tas Fratum, visited their settlements on the coast of West Greenland, and remained there till August, 1762. In the year 1765 he published, Ifistorie von Groenland. 2 Bande, 8vo. with plates. Barby ; and in the year 1770, Fort sezzung (continuation) Der Historie von Greenland. His account was translated into English, Dutch, and Swedish.
The Rev. Otto Fabricius, who was a missionary in Greenland during five years, published his Fauna Groen landica at Copenhagen, in 1780, in 8vo.
The first Greenlandish Grammar was published by Paul Egede in the Danish and Latin language at Copenhagen, in 1760, in 8vo.
Thelirst dictionary in Greenlandish, Danish, and Latin, was published by Paul Egede, in 1750, in 8vo.
Both works were very much improved by Otto Fabri cius, the Grammar in 1791, and in a second edition in 1801, and the Dictionary in the year 1804, 8vo.
Paul Egede was also the first who translated the New Testament into the Greenlandish language. It was re printed in the year 1803, and very much improved by Otto Fabricius.
Besides this, partly by the Danish Society for the fur therance of the missions, partly by the Unitas Fratrum, psalm-books, prayer-books, and other religious books, have been printed, and distributed gratis amongst the Green landers.