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sides. They take their rise from the very beach, 
and ascend by steep and precipitous cliffs. Most 
generally, they have obtuse or rectangular sum¬ 
mits, with equally sloping sides, and acuminated 
crests ; but some of them have acute terminations 
of a very extraordinary appearance. Most of the 
summits from latitude 70° 33', to 71° 12', are sur¬ 
mounted by ranges of vertical pinnacles, so uni¬ 
form and parallel, as to resemble ranks of soldiers. 
These pinnacles, in a mountain in latitude 71° 13 ' 
N., consist of six or seven tall parallel chimneys, 
increasing progressively in height, and forming a 
beautiful scries ; and, although they are probably 
of the height of near 500 feet above the connected 
summit of the mountain, they stand singly and 
detached from each other. 
Another mountain, in latitude 71° 4' (Church 
Mount) has, at the summit, two vertical towers, 
with gable-formed tops, closely studded with 
pinnacles. The height of this mountain was 
found, by the angle under which it appeared at a 
known distance, to be 2967 feet. The height of 
another mountain, which I named Double 3Iount, 
from its two similar summits, came out, by calcu¬ 
lation, 3444 feet. And one of a range of moun¬ 
tains lying between latitude 70° 33' and 70° 41', 
was found to be 3690 feet high. This chain, 
which, in most parts; has sharp summits, thickly 
