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Cape a blank upon the chart ; the northern limits a .d. 



1773. 



of either Asia or America were unknown ; and 

 to sail by " the unhaunted shores of Finmark, 

 to double the dreadful and misty North Cape, 

 and to vnlocke the seven-fold mouth of Duma," 

 were exploits hardly to be ventured upon. But 

 since that period each succeeding voyage has 

 added to the geographical knowledge of its day ; 

 each year has swept away some gloomy super- 

 stition ; has brought to light some new pheno- 

 menon of the northern regions ; and tended to 

 the advancement of natural knowledge. 



