Kerguelen’s voyage to the north. 773 they ufe a fledge in form of a boat; the water cannot penetrate it, and the traveller in it is fheltered from cold. Thefe fledges are drawn by the rein-deer with fo much fwift- nefs, that they feem almoft to fly over the mountains and valleys, and through the fo- refts: they are ufed only upon ice and fnow. The Laplanders, as well as the Fins, make ufe of a Angular kind of fkate peculiar to themfelves ; it is made of planks fix or feven feet long, and nearly a foot broad : this plank is pointed, and turned up before. A fimilar plank is faftened to each foot, and taking a long flick, the bottom of which has a fiat circle attached to it to prevent its finking into the fnow, they Ikate with fuch velocity as to overtake bears and wolves. This is the whole which in detail can be faid of thefe northern people. I return now to Berghen. FOURTH PART. Containing the Courfe from Berghen to the Eajiern Coajl of Iceland; a Defcription of the Ports in thofe Parts ; of the Iflands of Ferro, Shetland, and the Orcades ; and Return to France. After taking in refrelhments at Berghen for my fhip’s company, and completing the necefiary repairs to my frigate for fitting her for fea, I made ready to fail. The wind was adverfe for feveral days ; I was defirous of a fouth wind, in order to get out by one of the pafies north of Berghen, and continue my courfe dire£t towards the coafls of Iceland ; but the wind did not come round to the fouth before the tenth of Auguft,, at three in the morning, and at four o’clock we weighed anchor, the wind weak, and the Iky overcaft, with final! rain. We hoifted all our fails, and ran fix leagues on the N. N. W. to N. W. tacks, keeping the land to leeward, that is to fay, the fouth, on ac- count of the winds from fhore. After running this diftance we perceived an opening in the northern bank of the river; we made for it immediately, in order to keep the cape at N. E., and pafs through it. We coafted along a fmall ifle to leeward, within piftol-lhot, in order to avoid a rock under water, which was ftill nearer to us, to judge from the eddy, and which the pilot pointed out. After pafling this rock we fleered N., then N. quarter N. W., afterwards N. N. W., in order to double feveral fmall iflands or rocks which we left to leeward. After doubling all thefe iflands, we found ourfelves in a little road, clofe as a bafin ; the entrance of which, and the way of getting out, was invifible. A fquadron of four or five veffels might anchor here in feven fathoms water, fandy bottom; veflels have wintered here. On all fides iron rings are feen, for the pur- pofe of mooring. We went out of this bafin through a gullet or narrow ftrait, wherein, two veflels could fcarcely pafs abreaft, and found ourfelves afterwards in a bay of more than twelve leagues in circumference, and which had no apparent opening but to the N. W., three leagues before us. I then flapped my oared cutter, and carried all the fail I could, fleering N. W., in order to get out of the bay by the opening we faw. At noon we were between the two iflands, which form this pafiage, which is called the paf- fage of Her.negat, or Hennefiord; hence the Norwegian pilots returned, and I fleered W. N. W. in full fail, in order to get rid of the land. It may be obferved, that this way out of the river of Berghen is long, but it is not difficult. It is ten French leagues from Berghen to this pafs, called Hennegat; but in thefe ten leagues there is no more than half a league of difficult navigation. Two anchorages are to be met with for large veflels, and feveral for fmall, between Berghen and the entrance of the little bafin, of which I have before made mention, where fhips may ride in fafety, whether the wind be contrary, or too violent, to go to fea. This road-ftead is even more happily fituated. for veflels coming from fea, which find themfelves upon the coaft in bad weather j for

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