Chap* III. AMERICA. 



taken abundance of Coneys, they had all perifli'd. Above ttvo Years had this 

 unhappy Voyage lafted, when they arriv'd at thejr Native Countrey, with fix 

 and thirty Men, being all that remain'd alive of a hundred and five. 



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Sect. XVI. 

 The Expedition of Oliver van Noord. 



Wo Months after Mahu, Oliver Van IS^oord fet fail with four Ships, and two 

 hundred forty eight Men, from the Maes. Having reach'd the Princes 



Ifland, he loft feven of his Men by the Treachery 



choring before the City Javeiro, he was no better entertained by the fame Nati» 



on : Here having a Rencounter , and both Sides receiving confiderable 



Lofs, he ftecr'd for St. Sebaftian, a fruitful Ifland, producing an Herb very 



wholefom againft the Scurvey : Here the Sea-men found great ftore of Sea- 



Mews, and Parrots, befides feveral forts of delicious Fifli. The approaching 



Winter advis'd them from entring the Straights of Magellan Co late$ wherefore 



they judg'd it beft to feek a convenient Harbor, to put their Sick afliore to re- 



frcfli themfelves. The Ifland St, Hellen, for its fruitfulnefs, feem'd to be the 



moft convenient for this purpofe ; but a great Storm preventing them, they 



came to St. Clara, where taking in Frefh Water, they call Anchor in Porto Ve- *«*•*>$«. 



fre. In this Haven they faw a kind of Sea-Dogs, whofe fore-parts being over- s«-Dogs. 



grown with long Hair, feem'd like a Lyon, and the Feet like Mens Hands ., 



over their Eyes and Upper-lips grew black and white Hair, which in Stormy 



Weather ftands flaring upright, but in Calm, lies flat and fmooth ; they Urine 



backwards, fleep very foundly, and caft their Young every Month : Their 



Flefh welLboyl'd prov'd a favory Difh. 



Van Noord going afliore here, faw not a Man ; but only Burying»places on Strang* TomW 

 high Rocks, built of red Stones, and adorn'd both within and without with 

 Bowes, Arrows, and other ftrange things : Under the Heads of the Dead lay 

 four-fejuare Shells, and other things artificially carv'd. Curiofity made them 

 defirous to make a further fearch into the Countrey • wherefore he rowed du- 

 ring a whole Tide up a River 5 and when their Boat ran aground at the 

 time of Ebb, he walk'd feveral Leagues up into the Countrey, where he faw 

 nothing but Deer, Buffles, and Oftriches : and becaufe he faw no People, he 

 judg'd the Coaft to be uninhabited 5 but returning again, he found it other- 

 wife 5 for the Sea-men, though commanded to flay in the Boat, which lay in 

 the middle of the River, went afliore, where they were fo fiercely fet uponby 

 thirty of the Natives, that three of them were kill'd, and another wounded 

 in the Leg. Thefe People are very ftrong and Salvage, with painted Faces,and 

 long Hair 5 but after this Encounter, they faw no more of them. 



But Van Noord having fp en t fourteen Months in fearch, and loft a hundred 

 Men, fet fail again with three Ships- for one of them, being the Unity, he 

 burnt at the Ifland Qara, where he Winter'd, becaufe of a great Leak which 

 could not be ftopp'd. Here they brought five thoufand Fowls aboard, which 

 much increafed their Stock of Provisions. 



From hence pafling the Wide Ocean, into the Straights of Magellan, four times 

 the Fleet attempted to go into the South-Sea, and was as often driven back by 

 crofs Weather into the Straights • but the fifth time prov'd more fuccefsful - 

 fox having got through, and left the Straights a handfom way aftern, they 



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