The Depth of our Sr^ varietb, the grcateft about our Goaft h 
four-fcore fathoms. How much Salt our Sea- water yields, I know 
HOC. The generality of our people ufe no fait ; thofe that do, make 
ufe of what is imported. Our Sea- water in clear nights being 
ftruck with Oares,fliineth like fire burfting out of a furnace. The 
J)^^/ obferve the motion of the Moon. The Sea fwells about the 
Moons rifing and fetting;and it falls when flie is Southerly and Nor* 
therly. The ordinary higheft Tydes are not above fixteen foot, ex- 
cept in Autumn, when 'ts very tempeftous,and then tbey rife fome* 
times to twenty foot. About the Full and New Moon are the high- 
eft Spring- Tides and the lo weft Neap tides. 
As fot.Lal{€s and Sf rings ;of the former we have very many,and 
mod of them on high Mountains, which are ftored with Salmon?^ 
Of the latter we have innumerable, gufhing QUt of Rocks. We 
abound alfo with Hot Sprmgs, of which fome are fo hot, that in 
a quarter of an hour they will fufficiently boy! great pieces of 
Beef; which is thus order d : They hang Kettles with cold water 
over them, in which they put the meat to be boyled ; for fear of 
either burning or throwing up the meat by the fervent and vehe- 
ment ebullition of the hoc waters. Thefe waters do harden and pe- 
trify about the brims of the therm£, ^ 
Our higheft Hills are not above a quarter of a German mile high; 
which how I have meafur'd, I fliall give an account of hereafter. 
There is a whole ridge of Mountains thorough all the Hand. Our 
people live only in the Valleys, and towards the Sea-fliore. There 
are other ignivomous Mountains befides lleck\ yet all cover'd 
. with Snow. 
The Declination of the Lcadpne is here to the Nord-weft;(but 
how much, he notes not. j 
Our Sayle is Clayie for the moft part; in fome places,Sandy; no 
where Chalky. No tillage at all. We are ferv'd by imported 
Commodities, of which the chief arc. Barley, Wheat, Linnen, 
Iron. 
Touching Jmmals^wG have great number of divers Birds in Sum- 
mer. In Winter, RavenSjEagles, Wild- Ducks, Sw-ans» Whither the 
. Summer- birds fly, we know not. We are pretty well ftored with 
Horfes, Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Doggs.and in fome places with Hens. 
^ Foxes there are in the Mounralns^ and w hen the Groenland-Ice 
comes upon us,that brings with them thofe terrible guefts,that do us 
fo much mifchief, I mean,a great many Bear?. Our Oxen and Cows 
live in'winter upon hay s but our Horfe and Sheep make a flaift to 
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