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CHAPTER XII. 
retrospective view of researches made upon the 
EASTERN COAST OF GREENLAND.-EXTENT SURVEY¬ 
ED.-MODE OF CONDUCTING THE SURVEY.-COMPA¬ 
RISON WITH PREVIOUS CHARTS.—GENERAL CHARAC- 
TER OF THE COUNTRY.-MOUNTAINOUS.—PERFORA¬ 
TED WITH INLETS.-PROBABLY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF 
ISLANDS.-SOME OF THE INLETS SEEM TO PASS 
THROUGH THE COUNTRY INTO BAFFIN’S BAY.-PRO¬ 
DUCTS OF THE COUNTRY.-INHABITANTS STILL EX¬ 
IST.-THEIR NUMBER CONSIDERABLE.-EVIDENCES 
OF AN ADMIXTURE WITH CIVILIZED NATIONS.—CUR¬ 
RENTS OF THE GREENLAND SEAS.-DANGERS OF THE 
AUTUMNAL STORMS.—STATE OF THE WEATHER. 
Before I take my final leave of the coast of 
Greenland, I think it may be proper to give a re¬ 
trospective view of the investigations and discove¬ 
ries made, which will afford me an opportunity 
also of adding some general descriptions that could 
not be conveniently introduced in the course of the 
journal. 
The trigonometrical operations of the 20th and 
26th of August, connected the surveys made in 
this interesting region, so as to complete a conti¬ 
nuous line of coast, with the exception of 'some in- 
