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APPENDIX. 



also in the harbour where the ship lay. These rocks are less dan- 

 gerous to shipping, by reason they have weeds lying about them." 



From all the preceding description, it appears that they were at 

 the south part of the island named Madre de Dios in the Spanish 

 atlas ; which island is south of the channel, or arm of the sea, named 

 the Gulf de la S™^ Trinidada ; and that Sharp's English Gulf is the 

 Brazo de la Con^epcion of Sarmiento. 



Ringrose has drawn a sketch of the Duke of York's Islands, and 

 one of the English Gulf ; but which are not worth copying, as they 

 have neither compass, meridian line, scale, nor soundings. He has 

 given other plans in the same defective manner, on which account 

 they can be of little use. It is necessary, however, to remark a dif- 

 ference in the plan which has been printed of the English Gulf, from 

 the plan in the manuscript. In the printed copy, the shore of the 

 gulf is drawn in one continued line, admitting no thoroughfare; 

 whereas, in the manuscript plan, there are clear openings, leaving a 

 prospect of channels through. 



Towards the end of October, the weather settled fair. Hitherto 

 they had seen no inhabitants ; but on the 27th, a party went from 

 the ship in a boat on an excursion in search of provisions, and un- 

 happily caught sight of a small boat belonging to the natives of the 

 land. The ship's boat rowed in pursuit, and the natives, a man, a 

 woman, and a boy, finding their boat would be overtaken, all leaped 

 overboard and swam towards the shore. This villanous crew of buc- 

 caneers had the barbarity to shoot at them in the water, and they 

 shot the man dead ; the woman made her escape to land ; the boy, a 

 stout lad about eighteen years of age, was taken, and with the Indian 

 boat, was carried to the ship. 



The poor lad thus made prisoner had only a small covering of seal 

 skin. " He was squint-eyed, and his hair was cut short. The doree, 

 or boat, in which he and the other Indians were, was built sharp at 

 each end and flat bottomed : in the middle they had a fire burning 

 for dressing victuals, or other use. They had a net to catch penguins, 

 a club like our bandies, and wooden darts. This young Indian 

 appeared by his actions to be very innocent and foolish. He could 

 open large muscles with his fingers, which our buccaneers could 

 scarcely manage with their knives. He was very wild, and would eat 

 raw flesh." 



By the beginning of November the rudder was repaired and hung. 

 Ringrose says, " we could perceive, now the stormy weather was 



