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54 of their Neighbourhood, and oblige you to put on your Furs. Beides the frightful Ice that covers the whole Face of the Land, the Sea is almot choak'd with it, ome flat and large Fields of Ice, or as they call it, and ome huge and prodigious Mountains, of an atonihing Bignes, lying as deep under Water as they oar high in the Air. Thee are Piecs of the of the Land, which lie near the Sea, and burting, tumble down into the Sea, and are carried off. They repreent to the Beholders, afar off, many odd and trange Figures; ome of Churches, Catles with Spires and Turrets; others you would take to be Ships under Sail; and many have been deluded by them, thinking they were real Ships, and going to board them. Nor does their Figure and Shape alone urprize, but alo their Diverity of Colours pleaes the Sight: for ome are like white Crytal, others blue as Sapphires; and others again green as Emeralds. One would again green as Emeralds. One would attribute the Caue of thee Colours to Metals or Minerals of the Places, where this Ice was formed;