An account of several late voyages and discoveries

, 5 Sir J ohn N arbrough' s P"oyage more and more, as the Streight rounds there more to the Northwi!rd again. Cape Qy.1d is on the North-íhore; andit is a fieep upCape,ofa rocky greyiíhFace, of a good height befare one comes at it: it fhews like a great building of a Cafrle ; far it points off witb a Race from the other Mountains, fo much into the Channel of thc 5treight, th:it ir makes fhutting in :igainíl: the Sourh-lanel, and maketh an Elbow in the Streight. The Streight is not pafi four miles broad hcre, from fhore to fhore; and the Land is íl:ecp too on both fides, and rocky ; the Mountains high on both Shores, and craggy barren Rocks: fome Trees and Bufhes growing here, and much Sn01v on the Mountains on both fides. Oppofite to C12pe ~adOJ:! the South-fide, there is a fine Jarge Bay, 'Which is call'd Rider's Bay .• I did not go into it; if there be Anchoring in it, it is :1 fair Road fi any Winds: the Watér is very deep herc in th Channel , no Ground at one hundred F athom chis pai't of ~he Streights, from Point P nffef,n Cape Q.gad , is the moíl: crooked p:ut of al tb Strc:ght ; thcrefore I call'd this Crool.edRea,h Here are two fmalllílands in the North-íborc, t the Eaíl:ward of Cape Q#a,I. Novem/,er 14. This Morning 1 was a-~reft Cape M11,uln;y; fo I call'd it , it' beii\g a Cape o the South-fide, and is diílant from C4pe de Qy about thirteen Leagues : the Streight here is bout four miles broad, and the North.:fhore mak into the Land with great founds and brokenlfiand the Land on both Shores is high rocky Hills, a barren , very littlc W ood or Grafs growing tl1c1