An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to tht Strei~hts of Magellan. 1 o l would ftrikc :in [ndian on thc H~ad as he talk– ed with him, and bcat him all along, for no e.míe at all; but this thcy do to íhcw thcir Grc;1tncfs and Impcrioufocís. Thc bcft Namc thc Spaniardf can afford ro ca.U an lndian by, is Dog, and Dcvil, :md fuch likc Namcs. Thcfc !11dia11J fa.y, that thcrc is much Gold in th:.: Land, and th:1t thc Spaniarrls havc mnch Orn; I gavc ro c:ich of thcf: /11d;nn, a. Kni-t~, and :1 fn1:11l Looking-glafs, and fome Bcads : Thcy ,rcrc very thankfül, and I put thcm in mi1H.l ;ig;iin to fpca.k to rhc lmlia11.r of rhc In-1:rnd, tli:it I would giqc thcm Knivcs :ind Glaffcs, if rh~y would come to mr. I w.1s in grcat hopes ~llthis rime, thar I füonld h:1ve thc Oppornmicy to [peak with my Goldcn Fricnds, by thc mea.ns of thdc Pcoplc; for rhcy fecmcd ro· be g la<l of che Mcífagc, or of thc Things which I g~wc chcm to do it. Thcfc Pcoplcare of a middk Sumrc, firong ly (~r : md w cll-9efücd; thcy are r 1wny colourcd, and ha.ve lons bbck ílaggy H:ür ; thcir fcJturcs tole rable , or a fomewlut mdancholy Countc– n1ncc; thcy arcvcry aétivc in nody, allll hardy in c.:nduring of \Vcathcr or Dict : Th;:,·y wc.tr fnull Ca.ps on cheir Hcads likc to Mnun tccrs, and their Garmcnt is a long Mantle; but mof't of thcir Garmcnts are a fquarc piccc of \ Vool- ·. len Cloth, likc a C .,rpcr, of thcir own wc::.iving 1 of che ,v ool of Guianacoe, : Thcy cut a. holc , in thc middle of this Carpct, through which ; hcy put th~ir Hcad, and :it hangs upon thcir S!1ouldcrs, and cov~rs thdr whok Bo<lics likc ;t l\ H 4 ( ::o~tk,