one of them, but only touch at the moſt Southerly ones. I am alſo perſuaded, that the thing is feaſible, and if it ſhould pleaſe God in his Mercy to forward this Affair, By ſuch means a Correſpondence may be entertained.Colonies might be eſtabliſhed here, which, without great Trouble, might be ſupplied yearly with all Neceſſaries.
CHAP. III.
As to the Nature of the Soil, we are informed by ancient Hiſtories, that the Greenland Colonies bred a Number of Cattle which afforded them The Products of Greenland for their Goodneſs appropriated to the King's Service.Milk, Butter and Cheeſe in ſuch abundance, that a great Quanity thereof was brought over to Norway, and for its prime and particular Goodneſs was ſet apart for the King's Kitchin, which was practiſed
