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Greenland voyage. 
ing from the narrow base on which they stand, 
that it seems surprising how they retain their po¬ 
sition. It appeared indeed probable, from the great 
mass of rocks at the foot of the ridge, apparently 
the ruins of the pinnacled summits, that every 
heavy gale of wind brings some of them down. 
The most remote headland of Traill Island that 
was seen, lies about five miles to the northward 
of Cape Moorsom : this was named, after a reve¬ 
rend friend in Whitby, Cape Young. 
Traill Island lies rather within, or to the west¬ 
ward of, the general line of the coast. Its extent 
in latitude is about ten miles. To southward of 
it, a very large inlet was discovered, which I 
■ named Davy’s Sound, in honour of the much 
respected President of the Iloyal Society. And, 
to the northward, another opening was observed, 
that received the name of Mountnorris In- 
get, in honour of Lord Mountnorris. Tljg 
northern boundary of the latter inlet lies nearly 
east and west, true, and is terminated to the east¬ 
ward by a bold headland, to which the name of 
our enterprising and highly respected north-west¬ 
ern navigator, Captain Parry, was applied. 
To the southward of Traill Island, the land was 
but imperfectly seen, on account of a constant ha¬ 
ziness in that quarter, which did not wholly dis¬ 
perse for some days. 
