152 



ICEBEKGS THEIR SIZE : 



sometimes churches with glittering spires, and 

 sometimes the peaked and jagged mountains of 

 Norway. They are also frequently seen in the 

 form of immense misshapen and top-heavy masses. 



OVEllHANGING BERGS. 



In size they vary from one hundred to seven or 

 eight hundred feet in height. One iceberg, seen 

 by Ross in Baffin's Bay, was above two miles in 

 length, nearly the same in width, and fifty feet 



