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customed to feel the kindly influences ofthe en.
livening sun, and are so destitute ofthe ordinarv
productions ofthe earth in happier climates, that
little less than whole quarter of the Globe =
by its sterility rendered uninhabitable by human
beings, and but thinly occupied by very incon
siderable number ofthe brute creation.


The many and almost insuper able dificulte.
that must therefore be expected in traversns
these forlorn deserts, where relief is to be ex
pected but from the favourable interposition of
that Power, whose providence extends to the re-
motest corners of the earth, is, upon reflection
enough to cool the ardour Of the most ent erur,
sing minds.


In our present statement we have passed owe,
the claims made by the Icelanders IN 1901, un
der Biarn,* and of the Germans, in 1484 unde,
Martin Belenst of Nuremberg, to this discovery.
because they are unsupported by any later wri.
ter and have confined ourselves to such attempts
only as are well authenticated, and their results
sufficiently known,


From the whole it appears certain that though
Spitzbergen was also called Northeast Green
land. there was undoubtedly colony once set
tied on the East side of Old Greenland, which
was sometimes approachable and oftentimss
blocked up within an icy barrier. Whether this
land may be again visited, and what remains Of
its former condition, are problems which the en-
terprise of our bold sailors will probably solve
within few months, and in the interim, we trust
this brief retrospect at the long past exploits Of
their predecessors will not be read without ad-
ding TO that strong feeling Of interest which ae-
companies their adventure.


sJoarnal de Ia Belgigua, Dec, 5, 1916.


TOrsous and .Angrlns Jonas, tTO ks.and.
9sritegs Of good reputs.