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some extensive sheets of bay-ice lying about Cape 
Brewster ; but these were in such a rapid state of 
decay, that, within three days, the whole of the 
larger sheets were broken into pieces, and great 
quantities dissolved. There were also several 
very large icebergs: these, however, defied the 
immediate action of the sun, and might remain 
for many years, unless drifted away into a warm¬ 
er climate. I have intimated, that the southern 
part of the Liverpool Coast is low land, at the 
water’s edge, from whence it gradually rises to a 
mountainous height. On this aspect, though it 
fronts the south, there w r as yet a considerable 
quantity of snow, in different patches, princi¬ 
pally lying in dells and cavities, in which large 
masses had been collected during the winter and 
spring. The -western coast of this land, that 
borders Hurry’s Inlet, is more regular than any 
thing I have seen in Greenland. From the shore, 
where it is low and almost even with the water’s 
edge, it rises, with an easy slope, to the height 
of perhaps 1500 or 2000 feet perpendicular; and 
it is so uniform in its ascent and termination, that 
it constitutes a level ridge, regularly diminishing, 
to appearance, by the effect of perspective, until it 
sinks down to the level of the sea, in the extreme 
distance. This ridge, which was named Per¬ 
spective Ridge, from its form and appearance. 
