An account of several late voyages and discoveries

tl,e Nortl,-Eafl Voy,-igrs 197 \V cftcrn ficic of thc Ulancl is. not fo much enclofod with Ice, as that w h:ch líes in the North, whcrc it nms out inro rhc Sea, witlt a füarp J>oint bchind thc 'Afom1t.iin oj Re.1rs ; for 011 this fük, all thc Ycar long, the Ice ncvcr removcs from th~ Shorc abovc ten Miles; and in tlic Spri11g time fo bdrcgcs ir, that there is no Paffagc through it. 1.:or which rcafon the Marincrs, who are bouncl for this líland, ufo all thc Carc thcv can to avoid tbc Eaflern, and to makc di1.célly t0 thc \Vcficrn Sbo1·e, thcrc ro lyc wJiilc thc Fiíl1ing Scafon contínucs; if by mifi.arriage thcy come upon thc Eail-fülc, tJ1cy are thcn fon.:cd to fetch a compafs abom thc North ¡1,trt of the Iíland, whtrcby thcy are not only cxpofod to thc terrible \V inds that blow off from lJt'.1rs-fr!o1mtain, hut alfo to thc dangcrs of the floating Ice ; for li.!re thc Sea tlo\\'!. from South to Nonh, and c:bbs from North to South. A t thc N orthcrn cnd of thc ifland appcars the Bears-1.110,mtain, of a prcdigious height, and fo p~rpcad1cularlv ikcp, that it is impoffiblc to climb to thc top of it. This Mountaie, from thc JJcars th~rc frcqucntly feen, caHcd Beermberg or rhc Bt·ttrs. /11omztaiw, at thc bottom takes up tlie wholc fpacc be. tween thc Eaflcrn ancl \Vcfrcrn Shorc ; on the North fidc it )caves a littlc room for lc– vcllcr Ground t0 the úccan; and bcing ~f prodieious height, may bt dcfc:ry d ,0 ~·likc. off at Sea. o 3 The