^^UNO DA SILVA a.d. 



1578. 

 the space of ten or twelve dayes with few sailes up : 

 and because the wind began to be very great, they tooke in 

 all their sailes, and lay driving till the last of September. 



The 24 day of the same moneth having lost the sight of This was the 

 one of their shippes which was about an hundred tunne, ^^^^^^^^^ ^♦ 

 then againe they hoised saile because the winde came ^^^-^ 

 better, holding their course Northeast for the space of 

 seven dayes, and at the ende of the sayde seven dayes, 

 they had the sight of certayne Islands, which they made 

 towards for to anker by them, but the weather would 

 not permit them : and being there, the wind fell North- 

 west : whereupon they sailed Westsouthwest. 



The next day they lost the sight of another ship of their 

 company, for it was very foule weather, so that in the 

 ende the Admirals shippe was left alone, for the ship 

 of Nuno da Silva was left in the Bay where they wintered 

 before they entered into the Streights : and with this 

 foule weather they ranne till they were under seven and They were 

 fiftie degrees, where they entred into a haven of an ^^^^^^ ^^^'^ 

 Island, and ankered about the length of the shot of a ]]^^K^^^ 

 great piece from the land, at twentie fathome deepe, latitude. 

 where they stayed three or foure dayes, and the wind 

 comming Southward, they weyed anker, holding their 

 course Northward for the space of two daies, and then 

 they espied a small unhabited Island, where being arrived, 

 they stroke sailes, and hoised out their boate, and there 

 they tooke many birds and Scales. 



The next day they set saile againe, holding their course 

 Northnortheast, and North, to another Island lying five The Isle of 

 or sixe leagues from the iirme land, on the North side ^°'^^^ '^ 38. 

 of the Streight, where they ankered about a quarter ^^' ^°' ^^"' 

 of a league from the land, in twelve fathome water. 

 This Island is small and lowe land, and full of Indians, 

 the Island being altogether possessed and inhabited by 

 them, where they hoysed out their boate, wherein the 

 Admirall and twelve Englishmen entred, going to fetch 

 fresh water, and to seeke for victuals : and being landed 

 upon the Island, the Indians in exchange of other things, 



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