The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . J Jfc lTa It » t ^ I <)( -HSU 1 ROM IHh ( HI KCH PLNINSLLA Dallia delicatisfima, the natural size. the fishermen throw them away as soon as caught because theyconsider them poisonous, and fear that their other fish wouldbe destroyed by contact with it. They also consider it anaffront if one asks tliem for dog-fish. If we had knownthis we should not now have been able to certify that Dallia(Iclieatusima, Smitt, truly deserves its name. In the beginni

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The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . J Jfc lTa It » t ^ I <)( -HSU 1 ROM IHh ( HI KCH PLNINSLLA Dallia delicatisfima, the natural size. the fishermen throw them away as soon as caught because theyconsider them poisonous, and fear that their other fish wouldbe destroyed by contact with it. They also consider it anaffront if one asks tliem for dog-fish. If we had knownthis we should not now have been able to certify that Dallia(Iclieatusima, Smitt, truly deserves its name. In the beginning of July the grtjund became free of snow,and we could now form an idea of how the region looked in which we had passed the winter. It was not justattractive. Far away in the south the land r()se with terrace-formed escarpments to a hill, called by us Table Mount, whichindeed was pretty high, but did not by any steep or bold cliffsyield any contribution to such a picturesque landscajie b<)rder asis seldom wanting on the portions of Spitzbergen, Greenland, andthe north part of Novaya Zemh^a which I liave visited;

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