An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to 1he Streights of Magellan~ 4 s FrUr¡, April 1.2•• Wind at South-wctl, a fiiif de,and co!J Air. This Morning I wcnt afhore on North·wcíl: fidc with twenty Mcn, to thc Salt. nd, which js rufied ali over likc a Pavemcnr, 1vith very wbite and good Salt, ·two loches thick, r rwo miles long: in Fe/,r11ary here's Salt c. ough to fil) a thoufandShips ; we filJcd two Bags laid up near two Tuns out of the Warcr, for ere was Water over the Salt, which began to ay with the Rain and Weather being on it: Ni~ht I retumed aboard, we brought as much lt with us as filled a Punchion, very good w hite one-falt, whitrt than Frm,b- falt, aad of a very eafant fmell; I faw fomeGuianacoes,and Ofin– es : thc Hills and Valleys dry Earth, and Grafs them: on thehigher Hills liea Snow, no Peo. e, but many places were they had made Fircs, lain under a Bufh for fhelter; no Mineral or etal, Tree, or Fruit. WeJ,,ef tlay, AJril 17. ClofeWeather, and little ind ; a cold Air, it freezes hard, the Ice bears a an. 1h11rf ti.y, April 2.8. Wind at Weft and by uth, a fine gale, cold fro!ly Wcather. We un.. · 'd thc Ship, and made all (nug, intending to intcr in thisHarbour ; the Ice will not fuífer us país the Streights; theWind, are fo ftormy, and nerally, óut of che Weíl:crn quarter; the Nights long and cold , that the paífage is impo.fiible ·s Wioter. The Port I fouad fafe to ride in, and refrefhmeot to be bad of Fowls, as Ducks, eekes, and Divers, &e. In the Spring I may bca y ,o f·ail to the Swtbward, whcn we fuall hive