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Rh with Ice, which does not thaw before April or May, and ometimes not till the latter End of June. 'Tis remarkable, that on the Wetern Coats of different Countries, lying in one and the ame Latitude, it is much colder than on the Eatern, as ome Parts of Greenland and Norway. And though Greenland is much colder than Norway, yet the Snow never lies o high, epecially in the Bays and Inlets, where it is eldom above half a Yard higher than the Ground; whereas the Inland Parts and the Mountains are perpetually covered with Ice and Snow, which never melts; and not a Spot of the Ground is bare, but near the Shore and in the Bays; where in the Summer you are delighted with a charming Verdure, caued by the Heat of the Sun, reverberated from Side to Side, and concentrated in thee lower Parts of the Valleys, urrounded by high Rocks and Mountains, for many Hours together without Intermiion; but as oon as the Sun is et, the Air is changed at once, and the cold make you oon feel the Nearnes Rh