An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan.. 6 3· ThisMorning I went aíhorc onE/iza/JetJ/sIJ/and, Jd at my landing nincteen of thc Country-peo– e came offthe Hills to me : I ha<l Conference i1h them, and exchanged Knives and Beads Ít>r ch things as they had ; which wtre Bows and ro\\'S, and their Skin-Coats, which are made·of ngGuianacoes skins; I gave them a Hatchet anli 1ves, and Bcads, and Toys, Trumps, &c. they · 'd to be very well pleafed; l fhew'd them Id, which they would have had ; I made them , that if thcy had any, I woulcl give them ·v~s and Bcads, &c. for it, or if any where ict Land. I laid Gold and bright Copper into Grouod, and made as if I fownd it there, and ed tC\ and fro on the Earth as if I looked for ch things ; they looked one on another and ke to each od1er fome words, but I could not ceive that they underfiood me,or whar I meant; tbat they knew Gold , or any other Metal ; ywould gladly have had cvery thing rhey faw; y tried to break the Boats Iron-grapencl with nes , and would have carricd it away·; I let malone, and obfervcd their aétions and be- viour, which was very brutifü: They catch'd every thing they could reach,althoughI caufed mto fitdown, an<l I put i1rings of Bcads about ir Necks; ftill thcy .de!ired more : My Lieu– nt Peckett danccd with thein hand in hand > feveral of my Men <lid dance with them, and eali the fhew of FricndJh::~ as was pofüblc; y Lieutenant changed his Coat for one oftheirs, thcy defired it becaufe it was red, which co. thcy much efieem. I w~s in grc:it hopes I might·