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less furious there than out in the Bay. I was struck with the grandness of this mountain Cliff around this bay as we passed up. Especially at larboard side. After  passing 3/4 mile from Cape (wh is low compared to land flanking it) stupendous Cliffs rise up almost perpendicular from the water's edge. For a considerable distance the side of the mountain presented a fresh look as if [[strikethrough]] the last-- [[/strikethrough]] ^[[and]] [[strikethrough]] winter work here [[/strikethrough]] had ^[[recently]] been [[/strikethrough]] to to [[/strikethrough]] pry ^[[my]] off with its Mountain moving - mountain destroying ice Wedges, the whole side of it, throwing it down into the deep waters at the base. A fact that the whole side of a high precipice was mountain ^[[strata thich]] at the left going up the Bay (1/2 way up) has been torn from base to peak & cast down. God created ^[[the]] mountains - year after year, He riseth[[guess]] them up & [[/strikethrough]] but huls [[/strikethrough]] hurls them down making the [[/strikethrough]] tremble [[/strikethrough]] Earth to tremble - ^[[than[[?]] to]] resound with [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] thunder.
As we were approaching a point that is encircled out into the Bay at the base  of the above described great Mountain my eye caught the Sight of a Cove. I directed my crew to pull up to it that I might enter it. On landing & carting a looking [[?]] up my [[?]] almost leaped on end - huge rocks ^[[high up]] overhanging my head ready,seemingly to totter & fall at the least jar - even at light foot steps. But the Cove was the object of my landing - so drownding all fear I pushed along into it. The ice of Winter & the Sea ^[[and sun]] made this Cove the former 1st renting the rocks & making fast to them its folt^[[i]]ve body the latter Coming along with its Summers

Transcription Notes:
Basis of pp 431-2 of Hall's book.