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many of them confifted of nothing elfe. In fliort, 

 the chain of iilands here laid down may, without any 

 violent ftretch of imagination, be coniidered as tlirown 

 \ip by fbme late volcanos. The apparent novelty of 

 every thing feems to juilify this conjecture : nor can 

 any objection be derived from the vegetable productions 

 with which thefe iflands abound ; for the fummer af- 

 ter the lower diilri6t of Zutphen in Holland was gained 

 from the fea, it was covered over with wild muftard. 

 All thefe lands are fubjedt to violent and frequent earth- 

 quakes, and abound in fulphur. The writer of the 

 journal was not able to inform us whether any lava was 

 found upon them ; but he fpeaks of a party- coloured 

 ftone as heavy as iron. From this account it is by no 

 means improbable, that the copper abovementioned has 

 been melted, in fome eruption^ 



After leaving Copper Ifland, no land was leen from- ^^"=1 the 



o ^ ^ ' Fox llliinilb. 



either of the fhips (which had parted company in a fog) 

 till on the S. E. quarter of their tradt, was difcovered. 

 the chain of iflands or head-lands laid down in the 

 chart. Thefe in general appeared low, the fliore bad,, 

 without creeks, and the water between them very flial- 

 low. During their courfe outwards, as well as during 

 their return, they had frequent fogs. It appears from 

 the journal, as well as from the relation of the hunters, 



that 



