An account of several late voyages and discoveries

68 Sir John l~arbtough'sVoyage Here is good Wooding and Watcring, and good catching of Fiihwith the Seyne or Net. I haled above 500 largc l;ifhes afhorc at one Hale, much ]ike a Mullet, ali fcaly Fiíhc:.. Herc are many large Smelts of 2.0 lnches long, and rnany Anchovies, and fome fmaH ScateI, Here is great plcnty of Fiíh, fo much as we tced wholly on it, and falt up much of the Afulitt and .A.11chO'Vies. Here grow man y Trees of g Jarge Timber forty inchcs thr ough : the leavc are green and Jarge, muchli.ke Bay-tree Leavesi Englantl; the Rind is g rey on thc oudidc . pretty thicl~ rined. This Rind or Bark of the Trees, if you chew it in your mouth, is ho t~an Pepper, and quicker. It is of a f picy [mt when it is dry. I cutof th!. Bark and made u df it in my Peafe, and other provifions inílead Spice, and founci it very wboleiomc and good we fiecped it in our water, aod drank it, and · gavethe water a pretty Aavour. There grow thefe Trees in the Woods, in many places in Streight on both fhores, and on the Coatls both fides of l'atagonii1, before you enter the This may be theWiMter-Barkof theíhops> whi has an Aroma.tick pepper-like or fpicy taíle. Port Fame11 líes in theLatof ;3J. H m.Sou and inLongitude Weíl: from the Lizard 68 tÍ. 9 and Meridian difrance 1092. Leagues Weíl, as Accourtt is in my fsiling. This Voyage I give credit to the plain Saiii,,g : thcrefore thisMeriJi ditlance fignifies very little as to Navigation. I travelJed in m:my places, but could not any iruit-trees, or Oak, or Aih, or Hafel,