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ADDITIONAL PAPERS 



FROM 



H U L L. 



WHILST I was waiting in expectation of feveral addi- 

 tional inftances of Dutch mips, which had been in high 

 Northern latitudes, I received the following anfwers to certain 

 queries relative to the Greenland feas from a very eminent mer- 

 chant of Hull, and which he is fo obliging as to permit me to 

 lay before the public. March 31, 1775. D. B. 



I. From Captain John Hall of the King 



of Pruffta. 



Anfwer to 1 ft Query, viz. How near hath any fhip approached 

 the Pole ? 



I have known mips go into the latitude of 84 0 North, and did 

 not hear of any difficulty they met with ; but it is not often that 

 the ice will permit them to go fo far North. 



N. B. On enquiring of Captain Hall what mips he had 

 known proceed fo far ? He replied, they were fome Dutch 

 fhips he heard had done fo, but knew no particulars. 

 2d Query. When are the Polar feas moft free from ice ? 

 The feas are moft incumbered with ice from about the 1 ft of 

 September to the ift of June following; and in confequence, 

 between the ift of June and September, the ice lieth further!, 

 from Spitzbergen. And I know no other precaution to be taken, 



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