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4 nicles relate, that there were come to them from the Northern Parts, foreign and Sheep, marked upon the Ears, and with ome Marks tied to their Horns; from which they concluded, that the Northern Parts of Greenland were alo inhabited. Vid. Theodore Torlaccius. But the contrary is proved by later Experiments made by the Navigation of Dutchmen and others to the North. See Zordrager's Greenland-Fihery, Part II. Ch. 10.

Greenland is a high and rocky Country, always covered with Ice and Snow (except on the and in the Bays or Inlets) which never thaws nor melts away. You may judge of the Height by the Propect they yield at more than 20 Norway Miles Ditance from the Shore. The whole Coat is urrounded with a vat Number of large and mall Ilands. There are a great many Inlets and large Rivers to be met with, among which the Principal is called Baal's River in 64 Degrees, and has been navigated 18 or 20 Norway Miles up the Country;