well ſettled again, and cultivated. But as to the Seas, they yield more Plenty and Wealth of all ſorts of Animals and Fiſhes, than in moſt other Parts of the World, which may turn to very great Profit; witneſs the exceeding great Riches many Nations have gathered, and are ſtill gathering from the Whale Fiſhery, and the Capture of Seals and Morſes or Sea Horſes. Thus it is confeſſed, that Greenland is a Country not unworthy of keeping and improving. And this has been the well-grounded Opinion of our late Monarchs of Denmark, and many of their chief Counſellors, who have made ſo much of Greenland, that they have ſpared no Coſts in fitting out ſeveral Ships for its Diſcovery, of which hereafter farther Notice ſhall be taken. This Diſcovery has been chiefly undertaken, to the end, that the Chriſtian Religion, which has been unfortunately worn out in theſe
