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The Natural Hiſtory
the Continent of Greenland. Greenland probably is contiguous to America on the Weſt-Side.The Weſtern Shore is diſcover'd as far as 70 odd Degrees. Whether it be a large Iſland, or borders upon Countries to the North, is not yet found out; there ſeems great Reaſon to believe, it is contiguous to America on the North-Weſt Side; becauſe there we meet with the Bay or Inlet, which in the Sea-Carts is called Davis's Strait, from an Engliſhman, who in the Year 1585 was the firſt Diſcoverer of it; and is yearly frequented by Ships of different Nations, on account of the Whale-Fiſhery: But no Body as yet has been able to find out the Bottom of it. And according to the Notice we have endeavoured to gather from thoſe Greenlanders who live fartheſt to the North, there is either but a very narrow Paſſage between America and Greenland; or, as is moſt likely, they are quite contiguous[1]: and I am the more inclined to
believe
- ↑ According to the Relation and Opinion of thoſe Greenlanders, that inhabit the Gulf of Diſco, in 69 Degrees Greenland is an Iſland, which they infer from the ſtrong Current that runs from the North, and keeps the Ice open even into the midſt of the Sea:
They
