An account of several late voyages and discoveries

48 Sir John Narbrongh's Po,age here's neither Fruit, Root, or Herb for it: l'hc Land is a dry gravelly s.,H, with Sand, and in many places a Marle two foot below the Surfacc. the Graf~, which is dry, gr•.>ws in knots, not va-y long but thick ; in the Valleys the Earth is of a Pctery or oit.rous Nature; Oílriches feen; nQ fign of Metal or Mineral; I and my Company have looked in moft places where we travt.ll 'd for it To Night we got down but veryweary. T"eJJay, Ju11e 7. Clofe dark Weather, Wirul at .N orth eaíl: and by Eaíl, a fair gale : A ne Moon ro day, fine Wead1er to Night, but cold the Stars near the Po/e A11tartic!t are very vifible fome of the fmall Stars in thc Confiell.ition litde Hydra are near the Pole; Here are man good Stars near the Pole, good for Obfervatio of the firít and fecond Magnitude: the Star at South- cnd of AriaJne, the Star at !IJ.dra's HeaJ the Star jn the Peacock's Eye, and the Star i TNcan's Bi/J, and the Stars in Tuca,ls Thi,_h a• Ba~k; the Stars in Gr:1ls Head,andWing, and BotlJ but the brighteíl: Stars are the Stars in thc form foot of Gentaurus and Cro(iers; the other St are of the third , fourth and fifth Magnitude The two Clouds are feen very plainly, and fmall black Cloud, which the foot of thc Cro is in, is always very viíible when the Crofi are. above the Horizon, as thcy are alway he in thefe Latitudes. The Heavens in this Sout Hemifphere are as the Heavens in the North H inifphere; but fio Stars within cighteen deg of che Pole fit for Obfervation; no Pole-ftar, the Star in tite Tail of the litde Bear is in No