42 A Voyage to 



In fine, I do not pretend to determine the particular Set- 

 ting of the Currents*. They are not always of an equal 

 Force, and near Land; fome particular Caufe may alter 

 them, as is eafy to comprehend. What I can affirm, is > 

 that near Cape Horn they muft fet towards .the N. E. for 

 our Mary found herfelf upon the Ifland of 7 Diego Ramirez^ 

 not only when flie reckoned herfelf 40 Leagues from it, 

 according to Pieter Goos^ where it is thruft back 3 o Leagues 

 to the Weft ward farther than where the Manufcript Charts 

 place it; but even when flie reckoned herfelf two Degrees 

 more to the South, tho* perhaps flie was miftaken, and 

 took the Barne-velfs for Diego Ramirez. 

 'Advice for Thus every Ship which, coming from the Eaft, defigns 

 turning of to turn Cape Horn^ is always to take one Half more than 

 ^Horn. he thi ^ ks he bas occafion for, of the South and Weft, 

 either in regard that the Winds are always Wefterly, or to 

 be provided againft the Currents that may fet it back, as 

 has actually happen'd to (everal Ships, which have found 

 themfelves upon the Land, when they thought they had 

 weather'd the Cape, and were 40 or 50 Leagues out ac 

 Sea; whence, doubtlefs, has proceeded the Error ia the 

 Dutch Charts, which lay down too much Diftance by the 

 one Half between Streight le Maire and Cape Horn. 



Be that as it will, we were very fortunate in that "the 

 Land was not cover'd with a Fog, and the Weft Wind 

 ftrong; for at Break of Day, as we were (landing North 

 by the Compafs, that is, N. and by E. according to the 

 Globe, we were going to run upon a Point, which bore 

 from us N. and by E. three or four Leagues diftant, whicli 

 we took for that ofValleryi^ becaufe we had another to the 

 Eaft, which might be that of S. Marcellm. At length, we 

 obferv'd three or four little Iflands a-ftern of us, bearing 

 S. S. E. which in all Probability were thofe of the Entrance 

 of CM/, which the Spaniards call Furellones de Carehnapo^ 

 by which we had pafs'd within half Cannon-Shot in the 

 Night, and it was very dark. Being furprized to find our- 

 felves fo near Land, \ye immediately flood about with a 



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