An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to tbe Streights of l\ifagellan: 49 'he North : the Air cold to Night, but vcry he~lthy in forfürringMen; Ihave not had myFingerachcd ce; as yet; a Man hath in excellcnt fiomach here; I ~ can eat Foxes and Kitcs as favourily as if it \veré fa Mutton; cvc.ry Fox and Kite as we kill, we ear, ign which is ever now and then one killed. . Nothing ave comes amif5 to our fiomachs,; not one Man com- it plains of col~ in hisHead, or of Coughs. y oung .Men well grown, and of good lhape, are mon fic r¡nd 'forthis Country, it being a dry and an hungri Air, and Provifions to be got with pains. The Oílriches are nothing fo big as the Oílriches in Bar!Jary, nor of the Colour nor Feathcr ; thefo are ,n grey on the Back, and Hiaggy F eathers of no úie, and the Feathcrs on their llellics are whitc; they hive long lcgs and fmaU Wings; rhcy cannot fiy; they have a long Neck, anda íiuall He.id ., and bcaked near like a Goofe; they are much likc r agreat Turky-cock, and good lean dry Meac and fweet. To Night I ca~e aboard; it .blewfreíll ái: \\'eft. Wed,,efi/ay, June 22. \VirtJ at Wcíl:-north– weíl , a fiout galc. This day I wcnt albor~ ori he Eaíl:-fide, faw no Peoplc. This day Mr. J oh,i Wc~d went afhore on the Wefl: íidc,and thrce Mcn ith him; they were armed; they travclled into he La.nd Weíl: and by North about four Miles; her~ they faw feven Peoplc of the Country 011 Hill, making a noife and wafting them to thc 'p: Our Men went up the rife of the Hil ! to cm ; duce óf the lndia11 Men ca.me to Mr. t-Vootl, 'tlt their Bows .and Arrows in theii' f fands, :iud loofe Skin ábóut their Bodic.c,, anJ a f urr-skín í :1bou#.