AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1584. 



Hand of Lu9ones5 stretching North and South about 

 foure leagues, distant from the firme lande halfe a league, 

 whereof the furthest Southward lieth under thirteene 

 degrees : In this chanell it is twentie fathom deepe, with 

 white sand, and a great streame, running Southeast : 

 we passed through the middle of the chanell. From 

 this chanell wee helde our course Southwest, and South- 

 west and by West, for the space of twentie leagues, 

 untill wee came to the West ende of the Hand of 

 Tycao, which reacheth East and West thirteene leagues. 

 This point or hooke lyeth under 12. degrees and §. 

 In the middle betweene this Hand and the Hand 

 Capuli there lie three Hands called the Faranias, and 

 we ranne in the same course on the Northside of all 

 the Hands, at the depth of 22. fathom with white sand. 

 From the aforesayd West point of the Hand Tycao 

 to the point of Buryas it is East and West to sayle 

 about the length of a league or a league and an halfe : 

 we put into that chanell, holding our course South, and 

 South and by West about three leagues, untill we were 

 out of the chanell at sixteene fathom deepe, with halfe 

 white and reddish sande in the chanell, and at the 

 mouth thereof, whereof the middle lyeth under 12. 

 degrees and f . and there the streames runne Northward. 

 The Hand of Buryas stretcheth Northwest and South- 

 east, and is lowe lande, whereof the Northwest point is 

 about three leagues from the coast of Lu^on, but you 

 cannot passe betweene them with any shippe, but with 

 small foists and barkes of the countrey. This shallowe 

 channell lieth under twelve degrees : and running thorow 

 the aforesaid chanell betweene the Hands Tycao and 

 Buryas, as I sayd before, we sayled Southward about 

 The Isle of two leagues from the Hand of Masbate, which stretcheth 

 Masbate. £^5^ ^j^^^ West 8. leagues long, being in bredth 4. 

 leagues, and lyeth under 12. degrees and J. in the 

 middle thereof, and is somewhat high land. 



From the sayd chanell betweene Tycao and Buryas, 

 wee helde our course Westnorthwest for thirteene 



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