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no one who had seen the real inlets could possibly 
have mistaken west for south, and north or north¬ 
west, for west or south-west. At any rate, a mere 
inspection of the annexed comparative map (Plate 
VIII.j, giving the position of the land by the 
nautical charts,—by the best maps,—and by the 
recent surveys, will prove that no correct descrip¬ 
tion of this coast was hitherto given, and that the 
insular structure of the land was altogether un¬ 
known *. 
The general character of this country, from one 
extremity to the other, of the extent of my re¬ 
searches, is barren, rugged, and mountainous. The 
average elevation of the coast is about 3000 feet. 
Several mountains were measured trigonometri¬ 
cally about the Liverpool Coast, and near Cape 
Brewster, some of which reached 4000 feet; and 
Werner Mountains, in Davy’s Sound, were esti- 
* These remarks do not extend to an assertion that the 
greater part of this coast has not, within the last two or three 
years, been seen by other wliale-fishers as well as myself. 
My Father, indeed, in the summer of 1821, saw the land 
generally, from latitude 74>° to 70°; and, in a former voyage, 
traced the coast, at a distance, from latitude 71* or 72*, 
down to 68° or b'7“ : so that, although the survey and de¬ 
scription of this- coast are entirely original, it is impossible 
to say wliat proportion is original discovery. 
