An account of several late voyages and discoveries

iiJ the Streights· ~f Magellan: 99 che red '\Vool, whcrcof Hats ák m:idc ' in Emr– itmd. "fhcrc is nmch .of this w obl in ti:c J.:ingdom of Pene and Cbile. My J>.:opl'c cou1d not by any Mc:tns come ro· convcrfc wirh thc NatiVe<; who are at W ars .with thc Sprmiards, and h.1vc thc Gold, without vio– bting thc SpaJ1ittrd·s Pow.::r; _tor on thc Shorc within thc I-farbour, the Indirinr nudc a Firc by rhc \Voods Sidc, and hu11g· out a whit.e F ag on a long Polc, and kcpt wafting of it a _long time. My Li c.:ut,;:nant would (¡;iyc gone in · liis Boat to thi.:m, bue thc Sprmiardr would not pcrmit him; 111d faid thar they wcrc thdr own f>coplé who. livcd thcr~. My Scamcn, which camc a.board in my Boar; c~mc to me, and told mi:, that the I.ieutcnant h,td bcen at Forr St. Jago, and h~1d dcliver'd my ~kffagc thcrc to thc Capt:1in, bue he had no Ordcr for my frtchin 6 of " ' atcr, and thlt he: 1wiílH:d my Li<.:utenam tO go to Fort St. Peter; w111Ch h~ did, and a Fry.u· and two Spaniard, \l"..:nt ov.;r with him i11 thc Hoat, thc Flag of Trucc tlyiug in thc BoJ.t, and thc Tnm1pctcr !onnding, acc~rdiug to my Ordcr, all thc time, till thcy Lmd~d at thc Port. At thcir Lmding, thc Lit:utc11:1nt was rccdvc<l. vcry courrcouíly by kr: :r.tl Sptut~l!J Gcntlcmc..:n, and ckfirc..:d to w~lk up to thc Gov~rnour; which my Licutcn.mt did to ;1 Tcnt whcrc thc Govcrnour WJ.s ; che Go– \'ernour rccdvcd thc Licuccnant vcry kindly, and dcfir~d .him to fit down. My Licutcnant prd"tntcd. my H..cfp.:éts to che Govcrnour, and lkli\-crcd to hini. che Chccfo and Buttcr, togc- H 2 chc..:r