An account of several late voyages and discoveries

78 Sir John Narbrough's JT01age Thc Streight lics from Cape Mu11day to C11pe Deffeada, Weit-north-weft,and Eaft- fouth- cafi, half a point Nonherly, and half a point ~utherlyi neareft , and thcy áre diílant from one anothcr near fifteen Leagues: l•rom Cape Qyad to Cape Dtffeada, it is about twenty eight Leagues; and the Streight lies near North-weft, and by Wcft from Cape ~ad into the South-Sea, and ncar in onc Reach, which I call'd Lont:-Reach: and fome of my Cómpany call' d it Lont,·Lane. This part may pro.perly be call'd the Streights; for it is hign Land all the way on both Shorcs, and bar. ren Rocks , with Snow on them ; and indeed from Cape Q!,adinto the South Sea, i call'd this Land South-DefoJ11tio11, it being fo defolitc Land to behold. cape Deff eaJa lies in the Latitude of; 3 d. 10m. South. In Longitude Weft from the Lizará of E11f,– la11d 71. d. 56 m. And in Meridian diftance 1149. The Compafs hath 14 d. 1 o m. Variation Ea– ficrly here. Cape PiUar líes in the Látitutle of 53 d. 5 m. In Longitude Wefi: from the Lfr.ardof Eng,la11 72. d. 49 m. And in Meridian diftance I r 48 Lcagues We I make the whol.e length of thc Streights Ma1,eUa,,, from Cape Yirg)11-Mary to Cápe Deffead.i with every Reach and turning, to ·be one hun drcd and fixteen Lcagues: and fo múch I fail' from the one Sea to tbe other, according to m ~-fümatioa. tb