The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-07

It would Re well for the adventurous fs,,,.,
1t the large glaciers of ice which are accro,u,a,
ed round the poles. would RENAL, irfhe iatitudss
where nature has formed hem Tn .I;o G,..:
they might indeed affcta the climate of,ba
tlnents, nv cooling the winds which bIoyv o.."..
mem. S"t they would never d;furb tbe ~.
ty or the 'earan, unlrIs he himE,f Nbon,, ,:c4
the frozen oceans, where thew are form<i :.
learch OF the Whale and Seal. Large marrss ~
ms ice however are. fonetimes detac,'o,,
rom the glaciers, and wafted TO .b,. f,.,.b
where they Interfect the path of navigation he,
tween Europe and America, ard endauesr ;hc
i, OF veheis. lf was about the year 17la.
that Mr.. Barham in his voyage from I,r,,;."
to England, met with fome of tbofs ;ns "a
lands coming from the north, which ,yers e..
rounded with 70 thick fog, that the hin wac; in
danger of ftriking upon them. One IF tb.c.
was fuppofed to meafure go miles in lerr,h
IL is not from the northern ocean alone tb,t
;heie MATES are always feparated. Aninff,nrs
occurred in December %, 1889, of ;ce-;G,nds
brought from the fouthern polar REGIONS. ON
which the Guardian ftruck at the becirn;nc &c
her pai!age from the Cape of Cood-Ho to.
wares ootany-bay. Thefe ifIands were invo,v.
ed IN Nit, were about $50 fathor,s Jono nm,
about so fathomS above the f,rrac. rs 80 " 49,"
ter. "
Dr. Darwin in his Botanic Garden has We
ny fanc'fuI'v otferved, that if the nations of
Europe, inftead OF defrOying their Gcamep. e.
exhaufing their wealth ~ unnecenary wars.
could be induced to unite their lahours n nae.
gate thefe immenfe MATES of ice into The mnrs
fouthern oceans, tgco great ADVANTAGES world
reiut to MANKIND the tropical countries would
be much cooled by their fclu:ion, and the win.
ters OF Europe would he rendered muci, milder.
tor perhaps century or two, till the n,afj,s ne
tnOuld
phi'ofophical poet has forgotten to mention as
another advantage, that fucb fatal accidents
would be prevented as are detailed in the fol-
lowing communication 7 F.F
FEoM THE IN. " MLRcAETILs ADvFRTIsER.
We annouuce with extreme regret the IoGs NJ IN.
regular trading H,ip Jupiter, captain Law. on her
voyage from London to this port She n-uet ac,:pa
one of thoie imnenfe bodies If ice which bave kely
been fallen IN with IN certain latitudes and riit in
half an hour afterwards Her esr,o vyasa aid HE
one; btit, what j. sf infinitely greater imoor -
ih- had on board (inc'pding her crev) 70 b,,r,a
ings, ~ of whom perNisd with the yeI,el aud,
remainder only eight have been heard Of wi
az alarming preient'meot, (which We fra be bsrify
10 find altogether grouDdleis) that many of orr IN,
lar trading hps, which OUGHT IN the usl cot-Ce Of NJ.
VACATION 10 nave arrived Iorle time ago from Europe
have experienced Fate imilar to ,ha. Of The Totsr
We have been favored with the following conv 81
captain Laws Proteft, containing tn particulars II
this dinreiFng circumstance -
Ap.il Och, in lat 81, 20, long TO- az g A. M
iaw feveral pieces of broken ice from which vt
the fame day, we fsppofcd ourfeves entirely clear and
it-eriog w. by ". w. f. ~ f. and foy,y weather.
AT p NJ. began TO diieover iDsnds Of ice again I'd
a. o'clock faw large field ahead which srocsr,
20 have no opening. We then wore mir, and KEEP.
OF to The foathward ealwsrd continually t,sfiiny
lndi' flads OF ice, u"tii p. Nj when yee found the
iee extending 70 Jar to NJ and . tliat we coo = not
cesr it, We then hove about 81 fret the nortb
ward snorg the broken se I'll night eaa,e o. ara no
prPeet OF get,'rg elear, We hove 20 md the TIRE,
toPia'ls doubled rceied, IN hopes have luf.esp
drat 20 Keep clear Of lie iolds of ice to ee. ard O.
81 d.. light, bui s;-d r,ont we were tfifs,sl
far upon large e'i. a"d Obliged to ear g. n
lnd haul 90 hc f''4 '~r- Under caiy AL .Iiug e
bearing away tor ;snsrn ice as ecesGon resuaA.