26 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. 3917. Would that shelf effectually prevent the icebergs, which come down from the north, from touching the bottom of the trench ? ■—I think so. 3918. That is to say, no iceberg could pass the shelf of rock ?— I know of no iceberg that descends to the depth of the bottom of that trench. 3919. But assuming there is a shelf on each side of this trench, of course, though the iceberg could pass over the shelf, it could not touch the bottom of the deeper part below it ?—That is true; I saw many icebergs aground, north of the entrance of Hamilton Inlet into the sea, and south of it. I sounded north of it, and found it to be shallow, 90 fathoms, while at this trench it was 300 and odd fathoms; but below was also shallow, so that icebergs grounding above the trench, melt there and become light enough to float, and, of course, will pass over the entrance of Hamilton Inlet into the sea, and ground again below. The current carries the ice south to the east coast of Newfoundland. This northern current is checked or thrown back by the superior power or force of the gulf-stream, so that immediately east of Newfoundland the sea is composed of innumerable eddies. The iceberg and coast ice descends from the Davis Strait, some passing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence through the Strait of Belle Isle, and the larger portion hugs or nears to the coast of Newfoundland, many times filling Trinity Bay and other arms of the sea penetrating the east coast of Newfoundland. The bay of St. John’s is sometimes closed with ice for several weeks, and on this account the Atlantic steamers have been prevented from going to St. John’s as a port of call. Navigators have seen large icebergs on or near the coast of New- foundland, apparently stationary, and they supposed the bergs to be on the bottom, while, in fact, many times, they were only in the eddy of currents produced by the rebounding of the current from the gulf-stream. The ice descending along the coast of Labrador does not, to a great extent, near the coast above the Strait of Belle Isle. Between the ice and the coast there are some miles of clear water, along which vessels can navigate up and down, at least as far north as Hamilton Inlet, lat. 54° 40' north. And the current descending from Davis Strait does not immediately near the coast of Labrador, but is some thirty miles seaward. The tide current carries many icebergs nearer to coast, and many ground upon the shoals, which exist some twenty • to thirty miles seaward. East winds sometimes force the bergs towards the coast, but the prevailing winds are from directions which prevent the bergs from coasting; and, besides, the water coming from the many rivers and bays of Labrador aid to keep them at sea. The shore or bay ice of Labrador cannot disturb an electric cable.

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