An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan. 61· ¡ w~s in d:i.nger of running the Ship aga.inft fieep Rocks, which lie in the Nórth-íide, fhe taking a fl1ear with the Tide , and the Wind was a frelh gale at Nok'th-north·eafi. There grew longRock– weed on the Rocks ; I wertt and founded over rhem, and had five foot Water on them, and fonr. teenfathom by the fide of them, next the Chat!– nel: they come trenting from the poiat oftfre Nar– row of thc North-fide, a mile off. At fix of the Clock the Wind carne to the North ; at eight o\ die Clock it carne to the North·wefi; it fo1 l vcry dark, and rained much: I was forccd to fall back tgain out of the Narrow as well a5 J could ; thc lhore I could not fee, it was fo dark : it fell a fiar Calm, I finding twenty Fathom Water, pcbble Stones and oary; I anchored, and rode all Nighr : Little \Vind at South-,vefi, and dark. lt is eight Leagues from the firíl: Na.rrow to tlle íecond, arld íomething better; the Courfe from one to the other is Weft and by South, nnd Eafi and by North. This Reach from the firfi Narro\V to tite fecond is fcven Leagues broad , from tl1e North-fl1ore to thc South-fhore ; it fhews Jike a ltttle Sea when one comes into it, for we could not fec to the fecond Narrow , till I had faiJed therein three Leagucs or more. At the point of tne fecond Narrow, on the North-fhore; up to theNorth-caft-ward a mile ortwo, therc isaBay on the North-fhorc, and a white Cliff of an or– dinary height , which is call'd Cape St. Gregory : In this Bay you may ride in cight 1-'athom Wa– er, fine clean fandy Gmund, and a good half ile off the íbore: This is a good Road, if the Wind