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tween it and the Strait Le Maire. Now as the latter 

 lies in 65° %%\ Cape Virgin Mary must lie in 67° 5%\ 

 which is the longitude 1 have assigned to it, and 

 which, I have reason to think, cannot be far from 

 the truth. 



The Strait of Magalhaens, and the east coast of 

 Patagonia, are laid down from the observations made 

 by the late English and French navigators. 



The position of the west coast of America, from 

 Cape Victory northward, I have taken from the dis- 

 coveries of Sarmiento, a Spanish navigator, commu- 

 nicated to me by Mr. Stuart, F. R. S. 



Falkland islands are copied from a sketch taken 

 from Captain M'Bride, who circumnavigated them 

 some years ago in his Majesty's ship Jason ; and their 

 distance from the main is agreeable to the run of the 

 Dolphin, under the command of Commodore Byron, 

 from Cape Virgin Mary to Port Egmont, and from 

 Port Egmont to Port Desire ; both of which runs 

 were made in a few days ; consequently no material 

 errors could happen. 



The S. W. coast of Terra del Fuego, with respect 

 to inlets, islands, &c. may be compared to the coast 

 of Norway ; for 1 doubt, if there be an extent of 

 three leagues where there is not an inlet or harbour 

 which will receive and shelter the largest shipping. 

 The worst is, that till these inlets are better known, 

 one has, as it were, to fish for anchorage. There 

 are several lurking rocks on the coast ; but happiiy 

 none of them lie far from land, the approach to which 

 may be known by sounding, supposing the weather 

 so obscure that you cannot see it. For to judge of 

 the whole by the parts we have sounded, it is more 

 than probable that there are soundings all along the 

 coast, and for several leagues out to sea. Upon the 

 whole, this is by no means the dangerous coast it 

 has been represented. 



Staten Land lies nearly E. by N. and W. by S. and 

 is ten leagues long in that direction ; and no where 



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