A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1578. 



1578, whose body was buried In the said island, neer 

 to them which were slaine. We wintered in this port 

 2 moneths, during which time we had such weather 

 as is commonly in England in the depth of winter, or 

 rather colder. After we had trimmed up our ships, 

 and made provision of fewell and fresh water, we departed 

 thence with 3 ships the 17 of August about noone. 

 And the 20 of the said moneth we seazed Cape Victorie, 

 The entrance by the which Cape is the way into the South sea, called 

 VMa'eUm ^^^ streights of Magellan, the first discoverer thereof. 

 Wee found the mouth of the streights to be 52 degrees 

 J Southward of Equinoctial. In this strelght, we found 

 the sea to have no such current as some do imagine, 

 (following the course of the primum mobile from East 

 Ordinarie to West) but to eb and flow as ordinarily as upon other 



fnfhTsiTht ^^^^^^' ^^^^"g 5 fathoms upright. The flood riseth out 

 of the East ocean, and stretcheth it selfe so far into the 

 streights, that it meeteth the flood of the South sea neere 

 about the midst of the streights, where it bendeth like 

 an elbow, tending to the West-north-west into the 

 South Sea, whereas the East part from the m.outh of 

 the streights to this elbow lyeth South-west and by 

 West, or South-west to ^1^ degrees and \. 30 leagues 

 within the streights there be 3 islands. To the greatest 

 our general gave the name of Elizabeth : to the 2 

 Bartholomew, because we found it on S. Bartholomews 

 Abundance of (]ay ; the 3 he named S. Georges island. Here we 

 ^^■'°^^\^^ • staled one day & victualled our selves with a kinde of 

 in the streight foule whIch is plentifuU in that isle, and whose flesh is 

 of Magellan, not farre unlike a fat goose here in England : they have 

 no wings, but short pineons which serve their turne in 

 swimming. Their colour is somewhat blacke mixt with 

 white spots under their belly, and about their necke. 

 They walke so upright, that a farre off a man would 

 take them to be litle children. If a man aproch any 

 thing neere them, they run into holes in the ground 

 (which be not very deepe) whereof the island is full. 

 So that to take them we had staves with hookes fast to 



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