394 Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c 



pretty well tafted after a little burying. I heard 

 alfo that thefe Men were taken by a Privateer- Vef- 

 fel which came thither a Year or two after ; and 

 that one of them is fince come to England. 



We were now Handing out to Sea again, to dou- 

 Terra del ble Terra del Fuego : We were in a terrible Storm 

 fmg*. for about 3 Weeks before we came off Cape Horn : 



C^hIhj' ^ e ^ not ^ ee ^ a P e & orn * being a great way to the 

 mu South of it, and in the Lat. of 62 Deg, 45 Min. S. 

 nor did we well know what Courfe to fteer, having 

 but very indifferent Seamen aboard. It was now 

 about the Heigth of Summer here ; for I remember 

 that upon Cbriftmas day, 1687. we were juft clear 

 of the Storm, and in the Latitude we mentioned, 

 off Cape Horn. Running hence to the Northward 

 Iflandsof again, being now got out of the South Sea, we met 

 Ice. feveral Wands of Ice ; which at firft feem'd to be real 

 Land. Some of them feemed a League or two in 

 length, and fome not above half a Mile. Thebig- 

 geft feem'd, as we fail'd by them, which we did be- 

 fore the Wind for feveral Days, to be about 4 or 

 500 Foot high. We founded near them, but found 

 no Ground ; fo that it may reafonably be conclu- 

 ded they were afloat ; and perhaps reached as deep 

 into the Water, as their Heighth was above it. Wq 

 faw no fuch Ifland of Ice as I went into the South 

 Sea with Mr. Dampier ; neither did I ever hear that 

 Capt. Sharp met with any in his Return out of that 

 Sea. Thefe Iflands appeared to us fo plain at 

 Night, that we could eafily fee how to fleer clear 

 of them : But there were fome wttich lay under 

 Water, which we could not ^flibiy ftiun, but 

 fometimes they would ihak^ ;c^t Shi|>: Yet^hey 

 never did us much Damage. MSft^^efe Hills of 

 Ice came very cold Blafts of :^/^d;-in|bmuch that~ 

 our Men, newly coming quftpi |J$Qt Country ? 

 could hardly endure the Oecku ? ^ v 



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