East Coast of West Greenland . 5 55 
the time of landing. On returning to the ship, after the first land- 
ing, many curious effects of atmospheric refraction were observed . 
One is so interesting, and brings so strongly to our recollection 
the boasted powers of the beacon-keeper of the Isle of France, that 
We cannot refrain from communicating it to our readers. 
fc The most extraordinary effect of this state of the atmosphere] 
however, was the distinct inverted image of a ship in the clear sky, 
over the middle of the large bay or inlet before mentioned, — the 
ship itself being entirely beyond the horizon. Appearances of this 
kind I have before noticed, but the peculiarities of this were, — the 
perfection of the image, and the great distance of the vessel that it 
represented. It was so extremely well defined, that when examined 
with a telescope by Dollond, I could distinguish every sail, the ge- 
neral ff rig of the ship,” and its particular character ; insomuch that 
I confidently pronounced it to be my Father’s ship, the Fame, which 
it afterwards proved to be ; — though, on comparing notes with my 
Father, I found that our relative position at the time gave our dis- 
tance from one another very nearly thirty miles, being about seven- 
teen miles beyond the horizon, and some leagues beyond the limit 
of direct vision. I was so struck by the peculiarity of the circum- 
stance, that I mentioned it to the officer of the watch, stating my full 
conviction that the Fame was then cruizing in the neighbouring 
inlet” P. 189, 190 . 
On the 25th passed Cape Tobin, the southernmost headland 
of the coast just surveyed. About five leagues to the westward 
of this cape, that is further up the inlet, a new coast appeared, 
having a different form from any hitherto met with, and which was 
named J ameson’s Land. The south side of the inlet is moun- 
tainous, and is terminated to the eastward by a bold narrow pro- 
montory, which was named Cape Brewster. A second landing 
was made at Cape Hope (so named in compliment to S. Hope, 
Esq. of Everton), where a series of angles and bearings for the 
advancement of the survey was taken. Some whales having 
made their appearance, Captain Scoresby was encouraged to 
prolong his stay in this quarter, which afforded him an op- 
portunity of visiting the shore, on a more interesting spot than 
formerly, On the east side of Jameson’s Land. The place se- 
lected for landing upon was Cape Stewart, so named in honour 
of Professor Dugald Stewart. The appearance of the country 
all around was totally different from any of the other parts of 
the coast already visited, — they being of primitive rocks, whilst 
in Jameson’s Land, as far as examined, all the rocky masses 
ivere of the coal formation. The latitude, this day, was 70° 25' N;, 3 
