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tinent and the northern extremity of the island. Lately, 
some great change seems to have taken place in the lie 
of the Greenland ice; and during the summer-time you 
can pass through, though later in the year a solid belt 
binds the two shores together. 
Remains of Basaltic Dykes. 
Both in a historical and scientific point of view, the 
whole country lying about the basanite roots of Snaefell 
is most interesting. At the feet of its southern slopes 
