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this land mufl be to the South of our navigation, in 60% G-y^, and 



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South latitude ; and 



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direction we will allov/ to be Eafl and 



Weft ; the courfe, therefore, of the rivers muft be from South to 

 North, i. e. from the interior parts of the land towards the ocean. 

 When we came towards the '54" South latitude, we found a fmall 

 ifle of about 80 leagues in circumference; the thermometer conti- 

 nued at about 30°, 32% and 340, in its neighbourhood, in the midft 

 of fummer ; though ifles have in general a milder climate than con- 

 tinents, we found, however, all this country entirely covered with 

 immenfe loads of fnow, the bottoms of its bays were choaked up 



with folid malTes of 



of 60 or 80 feet above water, and we faw 



no veftiges either of rivers or of fprings. If this be the cafe in 54' 

 South latitude, how can we then exped any fprings or rivers in 60" 



C South latitude, or rather ftill higher up to the South, where 



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the fources of thefe imaginary rivers of the pretended Auftral land, 



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muft be removed ? It is therefore impoffible to fay, that the rivers 



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of the Auftral land carried thofe 



maftes into the ocean, which 



we met with in fuch ftupendous quantities 



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umftance more, which furely moft evidently 



proves, that there is no land in thofe latitudes, which are ftill capable 



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of vegetatio 



In all the high Northern feas, there 



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fuch a prodigious quantity of wood thrown on the fhores of all the 



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