An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streigbts of Magellan: t ~ 1 wclookcd in many Places of rhcEarth, and in the S:rcams of W arcr for Gold, &e. but found none, nor :iny orhcr Metal or Mineral: Herc grow on rhc Buíhcs man y f mall red lkrries, much like Hnrcs, vcry good to <:ar ; thc Grafs-Land is very loolc and boggy : The Rocks ~re a kind of white Marblc ; che Trccs likc thoie at Port Famen; hcrc are fmall Pcppcr-trees. To Night I got on BoJrd; calm ,v cathcr: I !odc faíl: with thc Ship. Hcrc cnds Sir JolJn Narbroug,h's Manufcript },urna), which wc íhall continuc home to Eng– "111d, from che MS. Dimy, takcn by Sir John's iing::nious Lkutcnant, Natbanael Pecket. Wédnefday, Jmmary 11. Pair We:1.thcr, \Vind \·:triablc, from S. E. to S. W. This Morning we 111;1dc the bcfi of our way to gct into Port Fa– mm : Here wc had. Fifhes from the Shorc to fiJh onr Main-nufi; at 1 2 a Clock wc anchored in ninc Fathom \Vatcr. This Place affordcd what 1cw.um .:d, as vcry good large Trccs for Fifhcs ; ood \Vat<:r, good wíld Fowl, good FiJh, like tullcc, and large Smclts. Hcrc wc fittcd our hip's Maíl:s, and Rioging, as wcll as we could; mcn'd her, and 1füed our c~isks with good elh \Vatcr, and took as much \Vood aboard, s wc chought fit. ~famuiry 16. Fair W c~tthcr, and littlc ,vind, dkrly. This Morning thc Licutcnant was or– crcd to go up with thc Boat in Se,..t[,arr Rivcr, as 1 igh as he could with convcnicncc, and to fcc for idianr: He wcntup :i.houtnine Miles, but conld s ·egcc highcr with the Boat, hy re.don of úc 1\ Tnmk..