AS INSULAR, OR CONTINENTAL. 51 



The north-east coast of Greenland, therefore, being un- 

 explored, and the probable intersection of its south-eastern, 

 southern, western, and north-western parts, by navigable 

 waters, being adduced, besides the other circumstances, 

 in aid, it may, I presume, be inferred that the state of 

 Greenland is not continental, but insular. But whether the 

 research will be ever established by future proofs of more 

 decisive character, or whether any circumstances will war- 

 rant the hazard, must be left for time to determine. 



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