GREENLAND AND ITS ICE. 49 the more southern parts are quite blocked up with ice. Godt- haab and Frederickshaab are also generally easy of access, and were it not desirable to render the length of the cable between Iceland and Greenland as short as possible, the neighbourhood of Godthaab would offer great advantages in being so free from ice during the summer. It is, however, unnecessary to fear any impediments as regards the ice to laying the cable, for the reason that the cable would not be laid to Greenland, but on the contrary would be taken from thence to Iceland, round Cape Farewell on the one side, and to Labrador on the other. I should propose that the cables, coiled in powerful steamers, should be sent to Greenland early in the season (May), making Frederickshaab first if much ice should be seen at the south; they should be accompanied by a steam-tender and transports with coal. Having reached Frederickshaab they could make their way southward between the land and the ice (which is sometimes several miles distant) until they reached the harbour near the spot to be previously examined and chosen as the landing-place, or rather starting-place, of the cable. They could there await the ceasing of the ice-stream, or as sometimes occurs, a partial clearance favourable to the exit of the steamers. When this has occurred, and the sea appears open, the tenders should be immediately sent out to a distance of 200 miles from the coast, for the purpose of ascertaining if any other stream of ice exists out to sea, as occasionally happens. If clear they would return, and the steamers bearing the cables could then come out and lay the wires with perfect safety, since after making that distance from the coast all danger from the ice ceases. It is not my intention to deny the dangers of the ice; I admit them to the fullest extent. I admit that vast quantities of ice are to be'met with on the coast of Greenland, but there is also a time when the sea is perfectly free from ice. I admit that icebergs draw much water, but I know that the water is

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