Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . els,which biing hem^i, meal, potatoes, and other pro-visions, in exchange for oil and fish (the staplecommodities of the island), reindeer hides, eider-doAVTi, and fox-skins. During the two summermonths the sun is continually above the horizon,and the heat is Aery great, yet the ?winter, singularto say, is mild enough to allow of the fisheriesloeing carried on. Copper from the works at Kaa-fiord, which have been in the hands of an Enghshcompany since 1847, is also sent to England fromHammerfest. H, is the northern limit of the birc
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . els,which biing hem^i, meal, potatoes, and other pro-visions, in exchange for oil and fish (the staplecommodities of the island), reindeer hides, eider-doAVTi, and fox-skins. During the two summermonths the sun is continually above the horizon,and the heat is Aery great, yet the ?winter, singularto say, is mild enough to allow of the fisheriesloeing carried on. Copper from the works at Kaa-fiord, which have been in the hands of an Enghshcompany since 1847, is also sent to England fromHammerfest. H, is the northern limit of the birch. HAMMER-HEAD, or HAMMER-HEADEDSHARK [ZygcEna or Sphyrna), a genus of fishes ofthe gieat family of Sharks; haxang the generalform and characters of the family; but distin-guished from all other fishes hy the extiaordinaryform of the head, which, in the adults, resembles adouble-headed hammer, being extended on bothsides to a considerable length, and ha\dng the eyesat the ends of the lateral extensions. The mouthis below the centre of the head. The hammer-. Hammer-headcd Shark [Zygana malleus). headed form is not nearly so perfect in the youngas in the adults. It is supposed to be intendedfor enlargement of the sphere of vision. In thefcetal state, the lateral extensions are doubledupon themselves. The hammer-heads are ovo-Advi-parous, and produce many (about forty) yoimg at abirth. They are most abimdant in tropical the Bight of Benin, they may often be seenascending from the clear blue depths of the ocean HAMMERSMITH—HAMPDEK like a great cloud. They are very voracious. Someof them attain a great size. One species (Z. malleus)has been taken on the British coasts. It attainsa length of twelve feet or upwards. It chieflybelongs to the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean. HAMMERSMITH, a village of England, in thecounty of Middlesex, about six miles west-south-west of the London post-office, is situated on theThames, which is here crossed by an elegantsuspension bridge,
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