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its composition and taste (I had sufficient courage
to taste it myself), I believe that it may be used
more profitably than for manure, by mixing it
with meal, and adding this mixture to the ordinary
food of domestic fowls. When laying they require
more phosphates than mere grain affords, especially
if in confinement. My own fowls are always
supplied with the fish bones from our own table;
they eat them with great avidity, and give them
back with good profit in the form of increased
production of eggs. The cods’ heads being ground,
would supply this kind of food in a very
convenient form.
“But stokfisk, cod-liver oil, and fish guano are
not the only harvests of the sea that are reaped by
the Vadsöites. They get these in common with
the rest of their Arctic neighbours, and, in
addition, have recently instituted a special industry of
their own. An enterprising Norwegian, Mr. Sven
Foyn, has successfully carried out a method of
whale fishing which has greatly added to the
prosperity and the stench of Vadsö. He has two
steamers, with hull, masts, and all other visible
parts painted sea-green, in order that they may
approach their victims unperceived. They are
armed with small swivel guns, weighing about
3 cwt., at the bow. From these is fired a
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