An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Strtights of Magelbu: 117 Wdkrly Poinr, for it fallcth off from CtZpe-pillttr neir S. W. and thcy are diíbnt ;1bout 2 Leagucs onc from anothcr, which is thc Face of thc Lands b~cwccn thcfc two Capes ; for at thc Poim of Cape Defiade, thc Land on thc SoUth-fidc of thc Cape rrcnts off to rhc S0utl~-fo1.1th-Eafiwa1:d, all. high raggc? rocky Mountams: " 7 hat ~ faw of ir at che pttch of Cap:: Defiade, thcrc.: he many lhattcr'd Rocks which are abovc w.1tcr, and íhcw like che Ruins of old I-loufos; and thcrc are Lcdgesof Rocks that are funk, which lic ncar 4 Lc:1gucs off of thc Cape ,v cft; thc $ '..:~1. breaks much on thcm, and thcy a.re dangcrous ; rhcy Iic in che Luirudc of 53 d. 1 o m. South, by m y rcc– koning. I callcd thcfc Rocks 77Jc .1udges; thc:y are nc.:ar I o Lca~ucs diftant S. ami by W. from che JjleJ of Direéfion, fo broad is che firíl open.. ing of thc Streighrs; for whcn you can but once fec che Land, to makc it, thcrc is no dang~r; hut aStrangcr that íhould país out of rhc South-fra., :md h.1d not paflcd thc Srrcights bdorc, will find in·cry difficult to pais thc Scrcighrs .from thc ,v efr to che Eafi; for at rhc firíl: cntring inro ic out of he South-fca, as wc call it, thcrc are many penings and Sounds on thc North-íide, which ccm faircr for a Pa{fagc dun thc Strcight icfclf och; thcrcforc ir is bcfr to kccp thc South-íide, ".ir aboard all along from Cape-pillar, wh ich is he point at thc Entr.:mc.c: Thc Courfo will be ·.an,l by S. for a Milc ortwo, :rnd rhcn E. S. E. nd ,\: E. and by E. So thc Ch~.nncl licth to are Quade. I 3 Thc: