An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the North-Ettfl Voyages. 111 time he íllould foil Pcárls bv thc Quart, if 1hcy continucd. Bue his Covctoufnefs dc-– Hroycd his Gain; for not content with what. thcy filh(;!d in Summcr, he alfocompclled them·· under the Ice in \Vintcr rime ; where on~ of thcm foil i nto fuch a D"ifoa fe, frorn thc cold fo contraélcd, that he dycd. Afrcr whofc Death che othcr nc:vcr cnjoyed. himfclf; but tinding an opportunity, he got his littlc Boat, and bcforc he was ovcr overtakcn got to tlH: main Sea. llut bcing brought back, thcv re· prcfcnced to him the impoffibility of his 'ever gerting home to Groneland; but he Oightcd thei~ Advicc, and told them, That he in– tended to go Northward fo far, and wlien he was thcre che Stars would dircét him imo his own Councry. Thc Country is moíl:ly all High-lancl arul and Mountains, cover'd with Snow all the Year, but thc Southern Parts mo•:e than the Northem. Thcy have very littl~ orno Wood growing there, except fome few lluíhei, and ' not many Plants or Hcrbs; confequently not many Bcafis there nourifhed, bue their chief fubfiltance is upon Fifhing. Therc are divers Mountains, whit:h promife rich Mines of Metal ; and fome have been found to t:oncain it altually, otben, only to make a fbew. The 1~ Inhabitants know neither fowing nor planting; 1 tho' thc Soil feem'd to be fertile and plea– r•. &nt, efpecially between thc Mountains. The P 2 Nor-