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Parecia que el tiempo se oponia todo a la expedicion. Para botar 

 las piraguas se seco el rio, y comenzo el S. ; todo nos iba en contra ; 

 pero su Divina Magestad permitio que con buen tiempo creciese el 

 rio, y a los 26 dias, el de San Jacome de la Marca, y primera Domi- 

 nica de Adviento, baxamos el rio, y fui a decir Misa a la boca del 

 rio San Tadeo. (Nov^ 28.) 



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Uno de los Gentiles nos dixo habia visto por aquellos parages 

 Huampus mas grandes, que andaba la gente por las bergas, y falcas 

 mayores que las nuestras : todas noticias deseadas ; pero no lo 

 quieren averiguar. 



Nuestro Senor guarde a V. R. muchos anos, Castro y Marzo 14 

 de 1780. 



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Huampus es nombre propio del idioma Veliche, y significa qual- 

 quiera embarcacion ; y en este dicho di6 a entender aquel GentH a 

 los Religiosos que en aquella altura habia visto navios, como clara- 

 mente se infiere de expresar que la gente andaba por las bergas. 



No. 23. 



Extract from Burney's History of the Discoveries in the South 

 Sea. Vol. iv. p. 118, &c. 



Oct. 11th, 1681, they* were in latitude 49° 54' S., and estimated 

 their distance from the American coast to be 120 leagues. The wind 

 blew strong from the S.W. and they stood to the S.E. On the 

 morning of the 12th, two hours before day, being in latitude by 

 account 50° 50' S., they suddenly found themselves close to land- 

 The ship was iU prepared for such an event, the fore-yard having 

 been lowered to ease her, on account of the strength of the wind. 

 " The land was high and towering ; and here appeared many islands 

 scattered up and down." They were so near and .so entangled, that 

 there was no possibility of standing off to sea ; and, with such light 

 as they had, they steered as cautiously as they could in between some 

 islands and along an extensive coast, which, whether it was a larger 

 island, or part of the continent, they could not know. As the day 

 advanced, the land was seen to be mountainous and craggy, and the 

 tops covered with snow. 



* The buccaneers under Shnrp. 



