An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan. 107 ,¡trc but five grcat Guns in ir, and three hundred ~!en, I know that thcy f peak of thc moft of ercry Thing in the Marte:rs, as conccrning thcir :rcngch,_ an4 Number of Mcn. I belicvc that thefc Rivcrs may run iuco thc ountry a long way, and thc Spaniards to havc ut littk Knowkdgc in thc inward P.irts of ::his ountry ; for thc Ind:ans will not foffcr thc ,a,Jiards to f c~1rch into the In-lands. 1 bc!ic·:c lio, that thefc Rivcrs are not Navigabk for Sh:p– imz; for thc Bark which was thcrc would ccr– Jiniy tuve gonc upthc Rivcr to rhc City of Bal- 1-.Jia, and dclivercd her Goods rherc, and i10t oublcd chcmfdvcs to carry thc Goods up in 1ts, and finall flat-bottom'd Bar ges, which thcy re thcre for thc purpofc; Thc Bargcs are built mch likc our \Vc1l-Country Bargcs, and finalkr }' much. Thcfe Boats, or Bargcs, will carry ne tenor twelve Tons: Thcy ftccr with a H.ud – er, and havc onc Maíl: and Sail, as our Bargcs ave; the Sail is madc of Cotton-cloth, and rhc opcs are made of the Rind of )vfangro:ve Trees; dinfrcad of Anchors, thcy !uvewoo<lcn Cra.b- aws, or Kellocks. Anchors of Iron and Grap– ls are fcarcc in thcfe Countr~cs : Ropcs and Ca– es of Hcmp are alfo f carcc therc, and good fir– afis much wantccl in all thl'fe C0tmtries for eir Ships. Thc Mafts for thcir Ships are made. whicc Ccdar and fuch likc '\Vood; they ~trc y hcavyand lliort-grained,andwill break íhort. ere arl'.! not any Fir-t1·ccs growing in a.U thc nd : Good W orkmen, for thc building of are alfo much wamcd here;, and Seamcn. Thc-