the South -Sea. 43 



frefii Gale at W.S.W. with fome fudden Showers of Rain 

 and Hail : Thus we by Degrees flood out, becaufe the 

 Coaft runs N. N. E. In the Evening we difcoverd ano- 

 ther Point at S. E. and by E. nine or ten Leagues diftant 3 and 

 one at N. E, and by N. by the Compafs, about eight Leagues 

 off, which it is likely was that of La Galera, where the 

 Mouth of the River of Baldivia begins to form itfelf. 

 I could have wifli'd to have feen that Port, which, by the 

 Help of Nature, and the Fortifications made there, is the 

 beft and ftrongeft in all the Coaft of the South-Sea : But 

 that being no commodious Place for Ships that want to 

 fupply themfelves with Provifions, becaufe there is no 

 Wine, and but little Corn, we only thought of holding on 

 our Courfe for La Conception. 



However, to fatisfy my Curiofity, I procur'd a Plan of 

 that Port, which I here add to the Account of it given me, 

 by the Officers of our Mary, which put in there two Days 

 after, as I fliall mention in its Place. 



The Defiription of the Port ^Baldivia. 



npHREE Leagues to the Eaft ward of the Point de la Plat e VL 

 * Galera above-mention'd, is a Head-land call'd Mono 

 Gonzales, on which is a Battery : To the N. E. by and E. of 

 this, is that call'd Mono Bonifacio, At thofe two Heads 



G 2 begins 



Plate VI. Page 43, explain d in Englifh. 



The Plan of the Port olBALBlVlA, on the Coaft of Chili, in 3? De- 

 grees, 36 Minutes of South Latitude. 



A. Fort Margue. 



B. Fort del Corral. 



C. Fort Manfera, in the Ijland of Conftantine Perez. 



D. Fort Niebla. 



E. A Battery. 

 Morro, A Head- land. 



Puerto de las Gayenes, Port Gayenes. 



Ifla Grande, The Great Ifland. 



R. A River. 



Punta, A Pointer Cape, 



Echelle de trois Lieiies Marines, A Scale of three Sea-Leagnei, 



