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fequently the whole body of the weftern ocean feems, from their influence,. to: 
have what the mariners call a /et to the eaftward, or to the north-eaft by eaft. 
Thus the productions of famaica, and other places bordering on the gulph of 
Mexico, may be firft brought by the ftream out of the gulph, inveloped in the 
Jfargaffa or alga of the gulph round Cape Florida, and hurried by the current. ei- 
ther along the American fhore,. or fent into the ocean in the courfe along the 
ftream, and then by the fet of the ftream, and the prevaling winds, which generally 
blow two-thirds of the year, wafted to the fhores of Europe, where they are 
found *. 
The maft of the Ti/bury man of war, burnt at Famaica, was thus conveyed to 
the weftern fide of Scotland; and among the amazing quantity of drift-wood, or 
timber, annually flung on the coafts of Iceland, are fome fpecies which grow in 
Virginia and Carolina +. All the great rivers of thofe countries contribute their 
fhare ; the A/atamaha, Santee, and. Roanok, and all the rivers which flow into the 
Chefapeak, fend down in floods numberlefs trees { ; but Jce/and is alfo obliged to 
Europe for much of its drift-wood ; for the common pine, fir, lime, and willows, 
are among thofe enumerated by Mr. Treille; all which, probably, were wafted 
from Norway. 
The mountains of Norway might prove a boundlefs fubje& of fpeculation to 
the traveller. Their extent is prodigious, and the variety of plants, animals, 
and fifhes of the lakes, are funds of conftant amufement. The filver mines, 
wrought ever fince 1623, are fources of wealth to the kingdom, and afford the 
fineft {pecimens of the native kinds yet known. Gold was found in a confider- 
able quantity in 1697. Chriffian V. caufed ducats to be coined with it; the in- 
fcription was the words of ‘fob, VON MITTERNACHT KOMT GOLD, out of the north 
comes GOLD ||. Copper and iron are found in abundance; lead in lefs quantities: 
tin does not extend to this northern region. It is difficult to fay which is 
the beginning of this enormous chain. In Scandinavia it begins in the great 
Koelen rock at the extremity of Pinmark. It-enters Norway in the diocefe of 
Drontheim, bends weftward towards the fea, and terminates at a vaft precipice, I 
think, the Heirefo/s, about three Norwegian miles from Liffer. Another branch 
of this mountain divides Norway. from Sweden, fills Lapland, and rifes into 
* For this curious account, I'am indebted to Do&or Garden, who, by his long relidence in Charles- 
town, is extremely well acquainted with the fubject. 
+ Troille’s Voy. to Iceland, 47. { Door Garden. 
\| Pontoppidan, i. 179. Mufeum Regium Havnia, pars ii. fed, ¥, tab. xx. N° 18.—With, more 
truth, perhaps, our verfion has it, owt of the north cometh COLD. 
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