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part of the Shore in the Straights is very mountainous. Candijh Landing found 

 Spanifh Knives and Stilletto's amongft the Man-eaters, and lay a whole Moneth at 

 Anchor in the weftern Mouth of Magellanic a , by reafon of great Storms, feeding on 

 Mufsles, Cockles, and Fowl; and from thence Sailed about the World, returning 

 home atlaft with a Booty of twenty Tun of Gold. 



Anno 1599. Simon de Corks Commanding five I^etberland Veflels, cntring the 

 Straights of Magellan, found in the green Bay, Mufsles of a Span long, abundance of 

 Ducks and Geefc, and a gteat many Trees not unlike Laurel, they being onely 

 bigger, and had a (harp biting Shell. The Wind blew exceeding hard here over 

 the Rocks, infomuch that they were fometimes driven from four Anchors. 



AfcwMoncths after Oliver VanNoord folio w'd Cordis, and Anchored near the 

 Vinguyn Ifies, the biggeft whereof is calll'd Caftemme, and the leaft Talke . the Inhabi- 

 tants thereof dwell in Caverns under Ground, and feed on the Birds <Pinguytis, of 

 whofe Skins they make Mantles. Thefe Birds weigh generally fifteen or fixteen 4 

 Pound, have black Backs, white Bellies, very thick Skins, longJBills like Ravens, **** 

 fliort thick Necks, two plum'd Fins in ftcad of Wings, black Feet like a Goofe, and 

 delicate Flefli, notwithftanding they feed on Fifti, after which they fwim very 

 fwifc with the forcmention'd Fins, which hang down on each fide along their Bo» 

 dies when they walk upright on the Shore ; they fit generally four together in their 

 Holes, made after fuch a manner, that a Man which knows not of them, may ere 

 he be aware, fink up to the Knees in the fame, and be bitten terribly by the Legs. 

 Cordes his Seamen got in two hours time above nine hundred of thefe Birds, whileft 

 he difcover'd thefalvage People Enoo, which inhabit the Countrey Co/i, and are di- 

 vided into the Families fymenetes, fynnek*s y and Caraike $ the firft inhabited the 

 Territory Carray ; the fecond Caramay -, and the third, Monne : all of them Paint 

 their Cheeks and Forehead. Farther into the Countrey dwell che Trimenes, a gi, 

 gantick fort of People, eleven Foot high, who maintain continual Wars with their 

 Neighbors. 



Moreover, Noord difcover'd feveral Inlets full of Ice and freOi Water in the Great dhco- 

 Straights of Magellan, whither the United Netherlands have fince fent the Admirals S£&£ 

 William Schouten, joris Spilbergen, and Jaques le Heremite. The common opinion, that i£? ' 

 the Countrey on the South fide of Magellan is of the Main Continent, Experience ""**■ 

 hathmanifefted . for Schouten found the fame, Anno 1616. who Sailing from forto 

 Defire, left the Straights of Magellan on the right-hand, and Sail'd Southerly through 

 whitiQi Water, and in fifty four Degrees difcover'd a Channel eight Leagues 

 broad, through which ran a ftrong Current. The Coaft role with high Moun. 

 tains, whofe tops were cover'd with Snow, The utmoft Point was call'd Mauritius 

 from the Prince of Orange ; the broken Coaft on the other fide, The States-ljland • 

 and the Straights it felf, Le Maire, upon theRequeft of the Merchant Jacob U Maire, 

 whofe Father 1/aac was chief owner of the two Ships of which Schouten was Com' 

 mander, who found fomany Whales here, that he could fcarcc Steer clear of them, 

 they fwimming by hundreds in a Shoal. The Sea-pics, much bigger than Swans, 

 fuffer'd themfelves to be caught by the Hands of the Sea-men. Moreover he call'd 

 the barren grey Rocks, and others lelTer, lying North-Eaftfrom the Promontory 

 Hoom, Barnevields Ifles. Sailing beyond the Point Hoorn, he was tofs'd by the vaft 

 Billows that came rowling out of the Weft. 



It was no fooner nois'd abroad, that the Netherlander s had found the Straights 

 Le Main, but the Sfanijh King Tbilip immediately fent two Carvels thither, under 

 the Command of Garcias de ISJ^odal, who took an exa<a Account of the Hcads,Roads, 

 and Inlets belonging to the fore-mention'd Straights, and returned without perfor- 

 ming any other Exploits, T)ie^o 





