An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan~ I 'l ~ thc Captain fcnt me to Frelbwater Bav cofcc for J 11 dianr, but I faw none therc ; fo I rcntrncd agJin aboard. Fcbrtta1'J 7. Fair \Vcathcr, Wind NorthcrJy.· This Morning thc Capt:.i in ordcrcd me to cake che Pinnacc, and to go along thc North-íhore, md betwccn El,zabeth's Iíland and thc Shorc, to frc for lndiam. In thc Afternoon, it blcw h.ird North ~ rly, that wc could not row a hcad; fo I put h :ck into a (mdy B1y, and wcnt a-íliorc, and f.ayr.:d therc :til Night; and in this Bay wc hakd 1 1 1·~ úmc, ~md got a great many good and large ~.1i~ lrs ; Smclts of z o Inchcs long, and cight !' .·h ·-s .. l:,ot1t ~-" . ..... - . d:·dnertla_y, February S. Fait· \Veathcr, \Vind J(i'. S. W. This Morning, at four a Clock, I ran clown thc Strc:ighrs with the Pinnace, kecping rhc ~,orth--ihorc a-board, and ran bctwixt it and Elizabeth's Iíland, bur faw no lndians; yct faw fcvcral Places, whcrc thcy had bcen vcry latcly, :md whcn: rhey had built thcir Canoas. From Cape D~(zade to Elizabetb' s Hfand, thcre is \Vood and frdh \Vatcr plemy; but from Elizabeth's Jthnd, to Cat1e Vfrgiu-Mmy, ,v ood ánd frcfh Water ísvcry· {caree to come by. This Aftcrnoon :i.t tl1rcc a Clock, I got a..board agaín, and at four ~ Cock wc ca.me to an Anchor in cight Fathom Water, bhck Sand; wc rid within a Mile of rhc North-fhore: St. Geo,~~e,., and St. Bartholomew's Jfland wcre both füut in om:,and rhcy borc S. S. E. of me; and ~lízabeth's Iíland bon: S. and by E. And hcrc wc rkl With thc Ship all Night. Fcbmary