68 cook's first voyage jan. 



hill in the form of a sugar-loaf, which stands on the 

 west side not far from the sea ; and the three hills, 

 called the Three Brothers, about nine miles to the 

 westward of Cape St. Diego, the low point that forms 

 the north entrance of the Streight of Le Maire* 



It is said in the account of Lord Anson's voyage, 

 that it is difficult to determine exactly where the 

 Streight lies, though the appearance of Terra del 

 Fuego be well known, without knowing also the 

 appearance of Staten Land ; and that some navigators 

 have been deceived by three hills on Staten Land, 

 which have been mistaken for the Three Brothers on 

 Terra del Fuego, and so over-shot the Streight. But 

 no ship can possibly miss the Streight that coasts 

 Terra del Fuego within sight of land, for it will then 

 of itself be sufficiently conspicuous ; and Staten 

 Land, which forms the east side, will be still more 

 manifestly distinguished, for there is no land on 

 Terra del Fuego like it. The Streight of Le Maire 

 can be missed only by standing too far to the east- 

 ward, without keeping the land of Terra del Fuego 

 in sight : if this is done, it may be missed, however 

 accurately the appearance of the coast of Staten 

 Land may have been exhibited ; and if this is not 

 done, it cannot be missed, though the appearance of 

 that coast be not known. The entrance of the 

 Streight should not be attempted but with a fair 

 wind and moderate weather, and upon the very be- 

 ginning of the tide of flood, which happens here at 

 the full and change of the moon, about one or two 

 o'clock ; it is also best to keep as near to the Terra 

 del Fuego shore as the winds will admit. By attend- 

 ing to these particulars, a ship may be got quite 

 through the Streight in one tide ; O]', at least, to the 

 southward of Success Bay, into which it will be more 

 prudent to put, if the wind should be southerly, than 

 to attempt the weathering of Staten Land with a lee 

 wind and a current, which may endanger her being 

 driven on that island. 



