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the Thomas of Hull, Captain Taylor, lay moored 

 to an ice-berg in Davis' Strait, a calf was detached 

 from beneath, and rose with such tremendous force, 

 that the keel of the ship was lifted on a level with 

 the water at the bow, and the stern was nearly im- 

 mersed beneath the surface. Fortunately the blow 

 was received on the keel, and the ship was not ma- 

 terially damaged. 



From the deep pools of water formed in the sum- 

 mer season, on the depressed surface of some bergs, 

 or from the streams running down their sides, the 

 ships navigating where they abound, arc presented 

 with opportunities for watering v/ith the greatest 

 ease and despatch. For this purpose, casks are 

 landed upon the lower bergs, filled, and rolled into 

 the sea ; but from the higher, the water is convey- 

 ed by means of a long tube of canvas or leather, 

 called a /<'0<sf?, into casks placed in the boats, at the 

 side of tlie ice, or even upon the deck of the ship. 



The greater part of the ice-bergs that occur in 

 Davis' Strait, and on the eastern coast of North 

 America, notwithstanding their profusion and im- 

 mense magnitude, seem to be merely fragments of 

 the land ice-bergs or glaciers, which exist in great 

 numbers on the coast, forming the boundaries of 

 Baffin's Bay. These glaciers fill immense valleys, 

 and extend in some places several miles into the 

 sea ; in otlier?, they terminate with a precijntous 



