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countries, that lye between the high rocks, which look a 

 glorious blew colour, as also is the ice, with a great many 

 cracks and holes in them ; they are hollowed out, melted 

 away, and cut in grooves by the rain and snow water that 

 runs down ; they are encreased greatly by the snow, as the 

 other ice that swimmeth in the sea is also: they are aug- 

 mented likewise by the melted snow from the rocks, and 

 from the rain that falls on them. 



These seven mountains of ice are esteemed to be the high- 

 est in the country ; indeed they shewed very high as Ave 

 sailed by them underneath : the snow look'd dark from the 

 shades of the skies, which shewed very neat and curious, 

 with the blew cracks where the ice was broken off. 



About the middle of the mountains some foggy clouds 

 hovered over ; above these the snow was very bright, the 

 true rocks looked fiery, and the sun shin'd pale upon them, 

 the snow giving the air a bright reflection : they were covered 

 with clouds, so that you could scarce see the tops of them. 



Some of these rocks are but one stone from the bottom to 

 the top, appearing like an old decayed wall ; they smell very 

 sweet, as the green fields do in our country in the spring- 

 when it rains. 



These stones for the most part are vein'd differently, like 

 marble, with red, white, and yellow : at the alteration of the 

 weather the stones sweat, and by that means the snow is 

 stained or coloured ; and also if it raineth much, the water 

 runs down by the rocks, and from thence the snow is tinged 

 red. 



On the foot of the mountains where no mounts of ice 

 stand, lye great loose rocks, as they chance to be fallen one 

 upon the other, with caves and holes, so that it is very 

 ticklish walking upon them : both great and small stones or 

 rocks are mixt together : these stones are of a grey colour, 

 or grey with black veins, they glister like silver-oar. Most 

 of the rocks that are at the bottom of the mounts are like the 



