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From the 5th to the 7th, wind at N. E. 
Course S. S. W. Lat. 71° IOV Green¬ 
land ships, from their clumsy make, when 
heavily loaded, sail with but very little 
expedition* 
July 8th, Strong breeze from E. N. E. 
Course S. S. W. £ We Ice totally gone* 
Sun almost coincident with the horizon. 
From the 8th to the 17 th, Excellent 
weather. Course generally S. S. E. \ E. 
On the 17th, we fell in with the western¬ 
most of the Feroe isles. Our dead 
reckoning was considerably to the east. 
The Feroe isles lie 70 leagues N. W. 
from Unst, in Shetland, and extend to 
62° 30'. Seventeen of these islands are 
habitable. They are rugged, mountain¬ 
ous, and rocky; the intervening cur¬ 
rents deep and rapid; the sea around 
them turbulent, and at times so much 
agitated by whirlwinds, that vast quan¬ 
tities of water are forced up into the air, 
and the fishes contained therein fre- 
