An account of several late voyages and discoveries

7 2 Sir John Narbrough~s Yo1age The Strcight fücws uow, as if thcre werc no farther paffigc to thc Wefiward : for the South Land rounds up fo much to the North-wefiward, that it flluts againíl the North Land to a Man's fight. At this difiancc I faw two large Openings into the South Land, onc, oppoftte to Char/u. .lfl'1nd, the othcr more to the l\'efiward, upo{ the rnund South llitc. Thcre I faw m:my Whales {pouting~ that plice I cnlled Whalt Bay. I faw fovcral Bnnt· gecfe and Ducks here ; I lefr in the .J;ulians Houfes Ileads:md Knives,in hopes of fur. ther Commerce: I faw on the South-fide a Firc made on the Grafs by the Natives. · From the Pitch of Cape Frow.. rd, to thc Pit: of Cape Ilolland, tl~e Streight lies in the Channc ,v efi ancl by N orth, neareíl:, and is difiant full 6ve ~cagues; and from the pitch of Capt H0Ua11J, t Jhe pitch of Cape Gall.int, the Streight Iies in th Channel Weft and by North, a littlc Northerly and is difiant eight Leagues. From the Pitch o· C1pe Gallant. to a low Point three Leagucs to th \\'eíhvard, the Strei~ht lics in theChann~l North wefi and by Weff, a little Northerly. Thi Reach is not more than two miles broad, fro thc North-füore ro the Iflands, which l call 7'he Royal l}les : '\Vhen I was a-breafi of the Wefi ermofi lfland, which I called Rupert's Jfla11d, bcing on the middle of the Channel with theShi íhot ·offone of my Sakers with a 1hoc, and r íhot lodg'd dofe to the lflands fide~ This lo Foint, a breafi of R11pert's-Jj/and, on the Nort ~ore, I called Point-Paf{age. This Evcning at ~-f the C)ock, I was flmt paft Point·Paffege, ha \ ...