An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Slreights of Mageli.an. 11 ihctn: Here at Ca1e MNnday, the Streight grows broader and broadcr to the Weíl:ward, but kceps 2 UoneCourfe, North-weft and b)· Weft to C•p~ rJpright; which is :l fieep upright Cliff on the South-6de, and it is diíl:&nt from Cape M#11tÍay four Leagues. Here the Streight inclines to the Wefrward near half a Point : the Streight lics from Cape Munday Weíl: north·weft, ha.lf a Point Northerly right out into the South- Sea , if you be in the middle of the Channel , or nigh the North-fhore; I find little or no Tide to run here, or Current : no Ground in the Channel at two hundred Fathom, a Musket. fhot off the Shore, on either fide. Hcre run into the South.fllore many Sounds and Coves: 1 have fail'd fair ~long by the South-íhorc ali thís day ; for the North– füorc makes in broken Iflan<ls and Sounds : Here lieali along the South-íhore feveral fmall Iflands, but no danger ; for they are ali ficep t(i() : the · ight is a very fair Channcl to fail throughout. is day a.t Noon, I was a.brcaft of an Ii1and , ·hich lies on the North lde of the Strcight, I cal. edit We}lmi11f/tr Jfland; there lie a great many ílands between that and thc North-íhore, and to eEafiward and Wefiward, and alfo fomebrokcn round, and Rocks lie about it : Thefe IOands I ll'd The ú,wyers , and chis Iiland which I can·d e/lminjler Jfla,ul, is an high rocky Ifland füewing '·e Wej/mi11jler-HaU; the Streight is five Leagues road, between WePminjl~r lfla11d and the S0uth- 1ore; but between that and the North-füore, ere are many t(iCky IllanJs and broken Ground. The