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The Streight itself, which is bounded on the west 

 by Terra del Fuego, and on the east by tlie west end 

 of Staten Land, is about five leagues long, and as 

 many broad. The Bay of Good Success lies about 

 the middle of it, on the Terra del Fuego side, and is 

 discovered immediately upon entering the Streight 

 from the northward : and the south head of it may 

 be distinguished by a mark on the land, that has the 

 appearance of a broad road, leading up from the sea 

 into the country : at the entrance it is half a league 

 wide, and runs in westward about two miles and a 

 half. There is good anchorage in every part of it, 

 in from ten to seven fathom, clear ground ; and it 

 affords plenty of exceeding good wood and water. 

 The tides flow in the Bay, at the full and change of 

 the moon, about four or five o'clock, and rise about 

 five or six feet perpendicular. But the flood runs 

 two or three hours longer in the Streight than in the 

 Bay ; and the ebb, or northerly current, runs with 

 near double the strength of the flood. 



In the appearance of Staten Land, we did not dis- 

 cover the wildness and horror that is ascribed to it in 

 the account of Lord Anson's voyage. On the north 

 side are the appearances of bays or harbours ; and 

 the land, when we saw it, was neither destitute of 

 wood nor verdure, nor covered with snow. The 

 island seems to be about twelve leagues in length, and 

 five broad. 



On the west side of the Cape of Good Success, 

 which forms the S. W. entrance of the Streight, lies 

 Valentine's Bay, of which we only saw the entrance ; 

 from this bay the land trends away to the W. S. W. 

 for twenty or thirty leagues ; it appears to be high 

 and mountainous, and forms several bays and inlets. 



At the distance of fourteen leagues from the Bay 

 of Good Success, in the direction of S. W. i W. and 

 between two and three leagues from the shore, lies 

 New Island. It is about two leagues in length from 

 N. E. to S. W. and terminates to the N. E. in a re- 



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