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could convey but a faint representation 
of their horrific sublimity. The fury of 
the ocean is but the least of the enemies 
the sailor has to contend with. If the 
ship during a storm should be encircled 
by ice, there is hardly a possibility of 
avoiding impending fate. 
8th, Discovered the south point of 
Prince Charles’ Island bearing east, dis¬ 
tant six leagues. 
On the 11th, we made Fair Foreland, 
or Vogel Hook, the northern extremity 
of Charles’ Island, and on the 13th, we 
reached the southern extremity of the 
westernmost cape forming Cross-bay in 
Spitzbergen, at a short distance from 
which, we were made fast to a large 
Iceberg. 
Spitzbergen is a general appellation 
given to a vast assemblage of frozen 
islands, lying between South Cape, in 
76° 30y and Verlegan Hook, in 80° T 
north latitude. Its greatest breadth is 
