An account of several late voyages and discoveries

the Streights of Magellan. J J finooth and evcn Tcctb, dofe fct ; one of thofc SkuUs was brokcn. Whcthcr thefe · Pcople be Man·eaurs or not,1 cannor tell ; Ijudge thcy havc \Vars onc with anothcr , by reafon hcre are fo íew Pcople in this grcat I~and, and I-'ood cnough to Jive on, and the Lan<l aU clcar and good Pa– fiurage for Cattle, and no Mountains. In all the Land therc ~re PJains ::md gratfy Meadows: here wants only Wood to build with; if that wcrc Itere, it would be as good a Land ,¡s nny part of America, for the Counrry is very hcalthy. This Afternoon it rained, :ind was very thick and fog– gy, fo as we could not tell which way to go, aJ– though we had a Compafs with us; for there i~ no going into the land without one, bccaufe a Man will miítake his way, theCoun:ry is fo open in great Plains and Downs: We were vcry muela wet and cold ; )Ye got to Buíhcs, and there madc a fire aod dried our fclves: we fiayed hcrc all Night ; wc neither hcard nor la w un y thing to Night. Tuefday, September .t. r 670 . Cloíe bafcy \\'ca– ther;the Wind at N'orth, a iinall gale, fo as I could not Sail this el ay; we tricd for fifü , but caughc none, the Water is fo cold. I was on che Land, when I was at the fartheít, t\\'Cnty five miles Wefl:.north.weíl: from the Harbour-mourh ; aml all things as I faw I have mentioncd, cxccpting fome finall Crcatures like Efts, whicl~ n~n in the Grafs. No manner QÍ Snake or venomous Crea– ture have I fcen in this Country; here are fome Earth-worms, nnd Catcr.piHars, and other Buggs, but few in numbcr: no wild fl¡;afi of prey, or .. E 4: ;-i,~~,