An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellao: 109 The Harbour is near a Mile and an half hroad, dthe Guns cannot command from onc Side to he other : St. Peter's Fort is near tWO Miles fro~ eHarbour's-momh; any Ship may come inand e:itthem fromtheir Guns, in St. Ja;o Forr, aud St. Andrew's Sconce, which are on the South... eft-fide of thc Harhour. After you are in, Saint eter's Fort can do very little orno hurt at ali to our Ship, excepting it be accidental dropping ot. Thc Spaniard¡ bave no.Plantation on this uth-wcft Side; they only k~ep the Forts fm~ eílion, that no forcign Ship may come and ve che Port free to ride in, and trade with the · tives. The Harbour is like a Sound, after one is ithin thc·Mouth of it toward the South Parr. Herc grow many good Canes on the Shore– t fuch as a1·c brought from che Eaff-lndier'i_ i~h are called Bamboa1 ; thefe Jrc very fiiff icks, nrm and heavy ; they orow among the rcrs on the Si des ofthc W ooSs like Vines, and ind about thc T1·ccs: Some are abovc twcnry et long, and taper from thc Root to che Top,, ean Angling-l{od. Ali Commoditicswhich come from .Ettrope are y dcar hcrc, and fcarce ; for th.~y havc nonc ught to them, but by che way of Pana11ta, and the River of Plata, which pafs through foveral rchants Hands before thcy come into thefe ts, and the tranfporting of them from place to r e, is very chargeablc. Many alfo a.re bue of le Eíl:ecm, hcre bdng f l!ch plcnty of thc~ : mch Hollands, Silks, Ftandcr¡ Laces, Silk– king~, Ribboning, F,·ench Liuucn, Looking– gtaffes,