GREENLAND CHARACTER OF COAST. 927 
mated, by the distance at which they were seen, 
and the elevation they assumed above the ordi¬ 
nary mountains, to be at least 6000 feet. The 
particular description of the beautifully serrated 
group on the Liverpool Coast, and of the interest¬ 
ing chain on the southern side of Scoresby’s Sound, 
will serve to illustrate the prevailing appearance of 
the whole range along the coast. 
This coast is so deeply and frequently pierced 
with inlets running to the westward, and having 
internal ramifications stretching either to the 
northward or the southward, that there can be lit¬ 
tle doubt of the country, to the extent seen, be¬ 
ing an assemblage of islands. On looking at the 
map towards the portion best surveyed, included 
between Cape Parry and Cape Brewster, scarcely 
a doubt, I think, will be entertained, that such 
is the structure of the country. Thus, Hurry’s 
Inlet'haviug been examined from the south, as high 
as a place that was called Point Constable, 
—and a corresponding inlet being observed to ex¬ 
tend from the north as far as another point, only 
five or six leagues from the former, that was 
named Cape Macknight, we have almost the 
strongest intimation, short of actual examination, 
of the continuance of Hurry’s Inlet throughout. 
In this case, the Liverpool Coast becomes an 
island. In like manner, the corresponding direc- 
