An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streights of Magellan~ 3 1 ternblc a Lion in their fllaggy Necks, Heac.ls and r:iccs, as wcll ~s in thcir Roar ; the Females are likc Lioneíles before, only they are hairy ali over ike a Horfe, and fmooth, and the Male is ímooth 11 over his hind parts; thcir thape is very defor– ed, for their hind part tapers till it comes to a. int, where grow two Fins or Fcet, two more row out of their Breaíl: ; fo that thcy can go on anda great pace, and climb Rocks and HiJls of good height: thcy delight mnr.h to lic and ílccp alhore; fome are very !argc, upwards of cigh. een Foot in length, nnd th1ckcr alJ~ut than a But nche Bilge,and excefüve far: tllcre are thoufünds ourte.en foot long, the common fort are about \'e foot,and all very fa t ; they'I gape at you when ·ou come to them, as if they wou'd devouryou, r.d 'tis labour cnough for two men to kill one of hegrcat ones with a Hand-ípikc, which is thc fr Weapon for that purpote. Saturday, 1Uarch ,. · Fair \Vcather, ,vind at uth-weíl:, a fine gale. This moming wc went :l· .ore to flay fome ~eals,and cm thc:Bodics in good mdfome picces, and fa leed ir up well in .Bulk on .al-boards alhore, that the Blood might draín om it : the Me:1.t looks as \':ell and as whitc as 1mb, nnd is very good Viéhrn.ls now, but when · a littfe falr, ir wi ll cat mndi better : thofe v,:e ts'd wcre ali young Sea Is, for th<::y fuck'd thcir ms, who as foon as t hcy come alhorc bleat,im– diately come her young oncs, and bkat about like Lambs, and fuck her; onc ol<l Femo.le kles íouror fi vr~, and bcats il.\\'a y other )'Gung s that come ncu, whencc I bdievc they havc four