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The higheft mountains [of the ifland] .do not 
meafure above 2 verfles in a perpendicular. 
[Here follows a defcription of this barren rocky 
ifland, of which the following four pages are not to 
our prefent purpofe. Then, at page 136, die account 
proceeds thus :] 
The fouth-wefl fide of the ifland is of a quite dif- 
ferent nature [from the other, as to accefs] : for tho’ 
the fhore [there] is more rocky and craggy, yet there 
are two places, by which, in flat-bottomed boats, 
fuch as are the * tfcherbotui , one may not only land 
on the fhore, but even advance as far as a lake, by 
the flreams [that flow from it]. The firfl of thefe 
places is at 50 verftes, and the other at 1 1 y, from 
the fouth-eafl end of the ifland. 
This lad place is very remarkable from the fea ; 
for the land there goes rounding from the north to 
the weft ; and, at the very promontory, there runs a 
dream, which is the larged of any in that ifland ; 
and, when the water is high, its depth is not lefs 
than 7 feet. It runs from a great lake, which lies 
a verde and a half from its mouth : and becaufe that 
dream grows deeper, the farther it is from the fea, 
therefore one may conveniently go upon it in boats 
as far as the lake : and upon the lake there is a fafe 
dation ; for it is furrounded with rocky mountains, 
as with a wall, and flieltered from all winds. The 
chief mark, by which one may know this dream 
from the fea, is an ifland, which is about 7 verfles 
in circumference, and lies to the fouth at 7 verfles 
didance from the mouth of the dream. The fhore 
* Large canoes, or boats, fomewhat refcmbling ferry-boats. 
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