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The Natural Hiſtory
of their Neighbourhood, and oblige you to put on your Furs. Beſides the frightful Ice that covers the whole Face of the Land, the Sea is almoſt choak'd with it, ſome flat and large Fields of Ice,From whence come the Ice-Mountains in the Sea. or Bay-Ice, as they call it, and ſome huge and prodigious Mountains, of an aſtoniſhing Bigneſs, lying as deep under Water as they ſoar high in the Air. Theſe are Piecs of the Ice-Mountains of the Land, which lie near the Sea, and burſting, tumble down into the Sea, They repreſent many odd Figures.and are carried off. They repreſent to the Beholders, afar off, many odd and ſtrange Figures; ſome of Churches, Caſtles 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 ſurprize, Their different Colours.but alſo their Diverſity of Colours pleaſes the Sight: for ſome are like white Cryſtal, others blue as Sapphires; and others again green as Emeralds. One would again green as Emeralds. One would attribute the Cauſe of theſe Colours to Metals or Minerals of the Places, where this Ice was
formed;
