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ridges, some of the most remarkable icebergs on the 

 coast occur. Along the northern shore of Spitz- 

 bergen, and towar^ls the north-east, the land is 

 neither so elevated, nor are the hills so sharp-point- 

 ed, as on the western coast. Indeed, some of the 

 islands, and considerable tracts of the main, consist 

 of comparatively low land. With regard to the 

 land about Red Hill, it has been observed, that 

 there is more natural earth and clay, though with 

 even less vegetation- than on almost any other part 

 of the coast which has been visited. The most 

 remarkable moimtains I have seen, are situated 

 near Horn Sound, on Charles' Island, and near 

 King's Bay. Horn 3£ou7it, or Hedge-hog Blount, 

 so called from an appearance of spines on the top 

 when seen in some positions, takes its rise from a 

 small tract of alpine land, on the southern side of 

 Horn Sound. It has different summits, chiefly in 

 the form of spires, one of which is remarkably 

 acute and elevated. I had an opportunity of deter- 

 mining its height in the year 1815. From one set 

 of observations, its altitude came out 1457 yards, 

 and from another 1473, the mean of which is 1465 

 yards, or 4395 feet *. Another peak, a few miles 

 farther to the northward, appeared to be 3306 feet 

 high. 



* See a representation of this Mountain in Plate 3. 



