An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to.the Streights of Magellan: S? the Meo: we sk1nned the Seals and the Penguins, and falted the Flefh in bulk on the Rock, and co. \'ered it to kecp the Wind from it. Good \Vca- ther, a~d little Wind to Night. · . Frit!ay, Septtm/,er 30. The Wind at North th1s Morning ; this forenoon it carne to the South.. eafr, and blew hard, and raineJ. This day I went up the River about ten miles, and DonC"rol.,s with me, and ten Mento fee for People : we Jay out all ~ighc on thcSouth-fide, but faw no People; thi.s Kight the Peop~e ot theCountrycarne toour little Wcll, which is up in the Valley, and fiole an lron ror, and three fuits of Cloaths of the Mens, that were faid .there a drying , with fome other Lin– nen ; but did not meddle with the Bcads, which are hung up on a Pole on thc Hills, and they will not come ncar. it nor mt:ddle with it. The Peo. pleof the Country have madc in a Valley, thc form of thc Ship in Earth and Bufües, u1d fiuck p pieces of Sticks for Mafi(, and redded the ufües all ovcr with red Earth ; the Modd I ima– ine is to record our Ship , for they cannot ave any Rccords but by imitation : This Fancy e lec alone untouched, only l fo.id a firing or two fBeads <>n it, and carne away: Clofc Wcathcr to ight. Thcfe People mun: ccrtainly hav.c rccei– ed fome Injúry in formcr times, from fome Peo– le that _have bccn bere in Shipping, orherwife ey would come in fight of us ; or el fe they ha ve eard of the cruel dcalings of the ::ipani.1rds to– ·ard the /11dians, where they livcd near. I have fed all endeavours poflibly byfair mcans to have ooference witb them, but all is in vain. 7'ue/J~,