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same ship ; but a few sentences in each are so relevant to the 

 present subject, that I shall quote them verbatim : — " 1690. 

 Monday 27th January. We saw the land ; when within three 

 or four leagues, we had thirty-six fathoms. It is a large land, 

 and lieth east and west nearest. There are several quays that lie 

 among the shore. We sent our boat to one, and she brought on 

 board abundance of penguins, and other fowls, and seals. We 

 steered along shore E. by N., and at eight at night we saw the 

 land run eastward as far as we could discern. Lat. 51° 3' S. 



" Tuesday 28th. This morning at four o'clock we saw a 

 rock that lieth from the main island four or five leagues. It 

 maketh like a sail.* At six, we stood into a sound that lies 

 about twenty leagues from the westernmost land we had seen. 

 The sound lieth south and north nearest. There is twenty- 

 four fathoms depth at the entrance, which is four leagues 

 wide. We came to an anchor six or seven leagues within, in 

 fourteen fathoms water. Here are many good harbours. We 

 found fresh water in plenty, and killed abundance of geese and 

 ducks. As for wood, there is none. 



" On the 31st we weighed from this harbour, with the wind at 

 W.S.W. We sent our long-boat a-head of the ship, to sound 

 before us. At eight oVlock in the evening, we anchored in nine 

 fathoms. The next morning we weighed, and sent our boat 

 before us. At ten, we were clear out of the sound. At twelve, 

 we set the west cape bearing N.N.E., which we named Cape 

 Farewell. This sound, Falkland Sound as I named it, is about 

 seventeen leagues long ; the first entrance lies S. by E., and 

 afterwards S. by W." 



How it happened that the name Falkland, originally given 

 to the sound alone, obliterated Hawkins, and has never yielded 

 to Davis, is now a matter of very trifling importance. 



I may be permitted to remark particularly, that Hawkins 

 and Strong not only saw both East and West Falkland, but 

 that in 1690 Strong anchored repeatedly between them, and 

 landed : and I do so, because stress has been laid upon the fact 



* This rock was seen by Hawkins, and named by him ' White Con- 

 duit.' Now it is called Eddystone. 



