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they appeared to be exactly the same with the Carahi, 

 the Grylli, the Phalance^ Aranea, and other flies that 

 are seen in England, though at this time we could 

 not be less than thirty leagues from land ; and some 

 of these insects, particularly the Grylli Aranea, never 

 voluntarily leave it at a greater distance than twenty 

 yards. We judged ourselves to be now nearly oppo- 

 site to Baye sans fond, where Mr. Dalrymple sup- 

 poses there is a passage quite through the continent 

 of America; and we thought from the insects that 

 there might be at least a very large river, and that 

 it had overflowed its banks. 



On the 3d of January, I769, being in latitude 

 47° 17' S. and longitude 61° 29' 45'' W., we were all 

 looking out for Pepys' island, and for some time an 

 appearance was seen in the east which so much re- 

 sembled land, that we bore away for it ; and it was 

 more than two hours and a half before we w^ere 

 convinced that it was nothing but what sailors call a 

 fog-bank. 



The people now beginning to complain of cold, 

 each of them received what is called a Magellanic 

 jacket, and a pair of trowsers. The jacket is made 

 of a thick woollen stuff, called Fearnought, which is 

 provided by the government. We saw, from time to 

 time, a great number of penguins, albatrosses, and 

 sheerwaters, seals, whales, and porpoises ; and on 

 the 11th, having passed Falkland's islands, we dis- 

 covered the coast of Terra del Fuego, at the distance 

 of about four leagues, extending from the W. to 

 S. E. by S. We had here five-and-thirty fathom, the 

 ground soft, small slate stones. As we ranged along 

 the shore to the S. E., at the distance of two or three 

 leagues, we perceived smoke in several places, which 

 was made by the natives, probably as a signal, for 

 they did not continue it after we had passed by. 

 This day we discovered that the ship had got near a 

 degree of longitude to the westward of the log, 

 which, in this latitude, is 35 minutes of a degree on 



