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receiv'd an Account of them from herBoty, a Groenlander, written in thzNfrfh Lan- 

 guagc, as it is call'd, are as foiloweth : From Stad in HprKay, to Hornmp, the 

 Eaft part of Groenland, it is feven days Sailing, Between I/eland and Groenland lieth a 

 Riffcaird Gombomfe-fkarc, the Ice lying upon which, hindreth the PafTage. Thofe 

 that Sail from Bergen in Norway South offline/? in #W<w<J, come under Swafjier, a 

 Promontory, or high Land in the Eaft part of Groenland, and within fight of the 

 high Mount Whitfark • between which and Groenland lieth a Headland, call'd Her- 

 noldus Hooky not far from Sound.HaMen, formerly much frequented by the Norway 

 Merchants. Thofe that Sail from Ifeland to Groenland, Steer to Snojfnefi, Weft of 

 <HoKenefs, and after South-Weft. Eaft of Hernoldut Hook lkth the Village of Skagen- 

 ford, the moft Eaftcrly Village of the Ifland ; Eaft of Skagenford, the Haven Bear- 

 ford, inacceffiblcby Ships, by teafon of a great Riff lying at the Mouth thereof. 

 This Place is chiefly remarkable for the Whale-fifliing, the Whales upon the going 

 back of the Tide running into a great Sloaltb, as they call it, which is in the Haven. 

 Eaft of Bear ford is the Haven call'd Jllabong Sound, full of little Iflcs. Eaft from 

 the Icy Mountain,theaforemention'd Haven Fendobothes. Farther Eaft is the High- 

 land Cor/e Hought, where they Hunt white Bears. Weft from Hernoldus Hook is the 

 Village Codosford, and hard by the Sea-Coaft, a fair Church, which we conceive to 

 be the fame with fyrfehrk above fpoken of, as Qodosford may alfo probably be the 

 fame with iQndelfiord. A little farther Weft lieth the Soy, or Town of Wartfdale (for 

 in the Norjh Language Boy fignifies a Town,) belonging to Vetrefuik, or feterswh 

 Church : Near this Boy or Town ftandeth a Cloyfter, or Abbey of Canons Regu. 

 lar, dedicated to St. Olafe and St. Jugupne. Next to Codosford is %ompnesford, the 

 fame queftionlefs with the above-mention'd %umpef\nford, where there is a Cloyfter 

 of Nuns of the Order of St.Beneditt: In this Ford lie many fmall Ifles. Between 

 (%ompne/? and the next Sound lieth a great Garden call'd Voft, belonging to the 

 King of the Countrey, as alfo St. Nicholas Church before mentioned. At the en- 

 trance into EmneUnesford is the Inlet Southwoderswike, and fomewhat higher on 

 the fame fide, the little Cape Bloming, beyond the Inlet Granwike ; above that, the 

 Garden call'd Valeth, belonging to the Cathedral Church 5 and on the right.hand 

 to thofe that Sail out of the faid Sound, a great Wood belonging to the fame 

 Church, where they feed their Oxen, Kine, and Horfes. The Highland lying by 

 EmeUnesford, is call'd The pantos Hayth, from the Rain-Deer which ufe to be there 

 Hunted : And hereabouts is that fort of Stone of which they make large Fats or 

 Ciftems, as hath been before intimated ; it is by fome call'd the ZeyelUStone, being 

 a fort of Marble, or (as fome will have it) Load-ftone, of all colours. Weft from 

 this lieth another Highland, call'd Long-Highland. The next Sound is call'd SW- 

 terford, having a Church belongining to it of the fame Name, and where there is 

 alfo a Garden belonging to the King, call'd St. Hentelflad. Next to that lieth 

 Erricksford, and at the entrance thereof the Highland Errkks Hought, belonging to 

 Drterskirk, the firft Parochial Church in Groenland. North.Weft from Erricksford, 

 is Megdenford. Farther out is a Church call'd Scogelkirk ; and farther in the Sound, 

 Leadenkirk. Beyond Erricksford is another Ford or Sound, by % the Name of 

 Fojfa, belonging to the Cathedral Church ; and to the North of it, two Villages, 

 Ever *boy and Forther~boy* From thence farther North lieth Bredaford ; and after 

 that Lormontford • and from thence Weftward, Icedeep. To the North of the 

 Weftland lieth a fpaciousWildernefs, call'd Hemel Hatsfelt, and Edg'd with maffie 

 Rocks and Cliffs towards the Sea fide ; beyond which the Sea is innavigable, by 

 reafon of the many Swalgen, or Whirlpools thereabouts. 



In Groenland there are divers Hills, wherein are Silver-Mines, multitudes of white 



Bears, 



