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 the ends, wherewith some of our men pulled them out 

 and others being ready with cudgels did knocke them 

 on the head, for they bite so cruellie with their crooked 

 bils, that none of us was able to handle them alive. 

 The land on both parts is very high : but especially 

 toward the South sea, monstrous high hills and craggy fiigh Mis on 

 rocks do exalt themselves, whose tops be all hoary with ^^^^ sides of 

 snowe, in the moneths of August, September, and ^^'^'^ 

 October. Notwithstanding the lower partes of the hilles 

 are replenished and beautified with impenetrable thicke 

 woods of strange and unknown trees, flourishing all the 

 yere long. Here we made provision of fewel and fresh 

 water, and passed by Cape Deseado into the South sea ^^P^ Deseado 

 the 6 of September. And running along towards the ^.fj^")^^-^//" 

 North-west about 70 leagues, the winde turned directly ^^^^^ ^^^ 

 against us, with great extremitie of foule weather, as 

 raine, haile, snow, and thicke fogs which continued so 

 more then 3 weeks, that we could beare no saile, at 

 which time we were driven 57 degr, to the south pole. T^hey ^'^^^ 

 The 15 of September the moone was there ecclipsed, "''^^'^^ ^^ 57 

 & began to be darkened presently after the setting of ^^^.^ 

 the sunne, about 6 of the clocke at night, being then 

 Equinoctial vernal in that countrey. The said ecclipse 

 happened the 16 day in the morning before one of the 

 clocke in England, which is about sixe houres difference, 

 agreeing to one quarter of the world, from the Meridian 

 of England towards the West. The last of September 

 being a very foule night, and the seas sore growne, we 

 lost the Marigold, the Generals shippe and the Elizabeth 

 running to the East-ward to get the shore, whereof we 

 had sight, the 7 of October, falling into a very dangerous 

 bay full of rocks : and there we lost company of M. They loose M. 

 Drake the same night. The next day very hardly ^^'^^^^ ^<^^- 

 escaping the danger of the rocks, we put into the ^^"^' 

 streights againe, where we ankered in an open bay for 

 the space of 2 dayes, and made great fiers on the shore, 

 to the end that if M. Drake should come into the 

 streights, hee might finde us. After wee went into a 



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