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CAPE FORBES. 
the Land of Washington gives even to a distant view 
impressive indications of its plastic or semi-solid cha¬ 
racter. No one could resist the impression of fluidity 
conveyed by its peculiar markings. I have named it 
Cape Forbes, after the eminent crystallogist whose 
views it so abundantly confirms. 
CAPE FORBES 
As the surface of the glacier receded to the south, 
its face seemed broken with piles of earth and rock- 
stained rubbish, till far back in the interior it was hid¬ 
den from me by the slope of a hill. Still beyond this, 
however, the white blink or glare of the sky above 
showed its continued extension. 
It was more difficult to trace its outline to the north- 
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ward, on account of the immense discharges at its base. 
The talus of its descent from the interior, looking far 
