the South-Sea. 47 



To the S.W. of ir 5 is a little Ifland, and at W.N. W. U 

 Rock, which is feen at a Diftance. On theN. E. Side of it 

 is faid to be a dangerous Bank, and another to the N. 

 which ftretches out near half a League ; therefore few 

 think fit to make ufe of the Anchoring-Places which are to 

 the North- and South of a Point it has next the Land, as 

 alfo becaufe there is but little Water. 



When we had pafs'd by S. Mary, it was not long before Tokens of La- 

 we defcry'd thofe the Spaniards call Tetas de Biobio, that is. Conception. 

 The Dugs of Biobio^ which are ten Leagues diftant to the 

 N. E* They are two contiguous Mountains, almoft uni- 

 formly high and round like Dugs j fo difcernible, that it 

 is hnpoflible to be miftaken in them. Night coming upon 

 us, we lay by at about four Leagues Diftance W. S. W. 

 /ram thence, and the next Morning found ourfelves ex- 

 actly in. the fame Places by which we perceiv'd that there 

 was neither Current nor Tide. 



At Noon we had anObfervationW.byS. from the Dugs , See PUteVm 

 and found 36 Degrees, 45 Minutes Latitude, which is the 

 §xa& Pofition, with refpeel: to n Degrees Variation N. E. 

 Thus they appeaisat Eaft 5 thefe are of that Sort of Sights 

 of Land as vary little, tho 1 feen from feveral Points of the 

 Conipafs. 



Being 



Plate VII; Page 47. explain d in Englifh. 

 The Plan of the Bay of La^ CONCEPT ION, on the Coaft of Chili, 

 in 36 Degrees, 43 Minutes of South Latitude. 



Echelle d'une Lieiie Marine, 2853 Toifes, A Scale of a Sea-League, be- 

 ing 2853 P^t horns. 



Kuifleau qui traverfe la Ville, A Rivulet that rnns thro the Town, 

 Bafle, A Shoal. 



Nord de 1'aimant declinant de 10 D. auN.E. The North Point of the 

 Compafs, inclining 10 Degrees to the N E. 

 Nord du monde, The due North. 



Mamelles de Biobio, Two Mountains caffd the Bugs of Biobio, 

 Vue de reconnohTance de Ja Concepcion, How th% Land appears fapm^ 

 making La Conception. 

 Alto de Talcaguana, The High Land of Talcaguana* 

 Puerto de S. Vicente, Port S. Vincent. 

 Tetas de Biobio, The Dugs of Biobio 3 as above* 



