An account of several late voyages and discoveries

3 o Sir J ohn Narbroagh' s Poyttge loofe upon •em, who gavc chafe to one of them, and at laft gaYc her a turn, which íhe recovered, took to the H1lls, and fo efcaped: they art grev caloured, and larger than a great Turky- cock in E11g/4nJ; thcy can't Ay, but ha.ve long legs, and truíl: to their running. I faw two handfuls of Wooll among the Graís, where the Natives had made a Firc; it was Spanifo red Wooll . which they bring outof InJia, and very fine; I brought it awa.y with me, and fot the Greyhound at .l of the Jarge Bcaíl:s hke Decr,but they werc too fwift for him ; Night coming on, 1 returned on board;at 7 a Clock this night the win<l carne tothe Norrh, a frelh gale, a.nd hafoy weather; no fight of the Pink to <lay: I couJd fee a long way 011 the Sea; at 10 a Clock it rain'd, and the wind carne tothe So11th Eaft. Frid~, March 4 . Fair \\!Cather this Morning, the wind at Eaít, a fine galc, I went aíl10re and fiHed frefh water,the rcit of the feamcn fitted Rig. ging. This.day at 12 a Clock I wcnt with both the Boacs, and forty Mento Se,1! fji.md into che har· bour, every Man with his Staff ai~d Club : We la.nded, drove the Seals up together, befet rhem round, and in half an hours time killed 40 young and old ; . firiking them on thc hea kills them prefcntly. As foo11 as they were knock down we cut their throats, that they migh bleed wcll whilü they were hot; then loading bot the J3ous with them, I carry'd them t o the 13a whe~e the Tent was, landed, and la1d tlwm up the Rocks; to night the Boat fotch't t hem ali o l' thc great MaJe Scals are as big as Calls, and r . k~