An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan. t t 9 · BrJnt-Gcdc, grey Gulls, Sca-Mcws, St·a-Divcrs ¡ and Pcnguins on thc \Vatcr; I could not [ :e élnY Pcop!c now, b ue fom e have bccn therc; for I faw ,rhcrc they had ma.de Fircs, andan Arbour. Herc ~re Mufrlcs and Limp cts on thc Rocks; bue as for othcr Filhcs I faw none. I rowcd two Miles up thc Sound, and could havc gonc ;·arthcr, but it r:tincd fo much, and bJcw fo hard, as I durí: not be ab– _icnt from the Ship; thc W.1ter is mighty dccp in che Sound. At Night 1 got aboard, my Seamr:n werc joyfu! to fcc me; for cl1L y wcrc afraid chat 1hcShip would have brokc loofc in thc time of my abfencc. :f\1uch Rain to Night, and Fogs, che Wind at W. S. W. a Jhort gafe at Nighc: I rodc fa{l on thc fmooth Water, having che Poin·~ on thc N. W. of me : Herc is a great dcal of frcíh ,Wltcr com es runnii1g in Strcams down che Sidcs of rh: ha.re rocky Mountains into thc s~ilt '\Vater., mmy ,vha ies f pouting ro and fro in thefc.: Bays and Sounds, and fome Seals 011 che Rocks : This Pm is vcry dcfolatc, and a. mccr Chaos, &c. Ac cight ofche Clock th is Evcning, I anchorcd , b::forc thc Pbcc called Batchelors Rivcr, in nine ·arhom ,vaccr, clear fandy Ground, two Cables ~ngrh from thc Shorc. Hcrc is vcry good clr:ar .mdy Gronnd bcforc the Rivcr, and good Ancho– incr in fix: or fcvcn or cj(l'ht or ninc or ten or :, ., ' :, , ' ' lcrcn Farhorn: a fine b:irthoffüorc,and good Ri- ing wi rh ,vdl:crly Winds, and Northcrl y; thc ·oríc '\Vind is a S. ,vind, for it blows right 011 rhis Reach ,; lmt thcrc c3.nnot go mm:h Sc~t ~re; for che Strcighr in t his Rcach is hut two ~:1gncs broad. This Batcbe!orr Rivcr is n ~:ar five I 4 L<::1gu~s