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the fame Magellan, in the Streight that bears his Nam^ 

 took fome Giants who were above 15 Spans high, that is, 

 11 Foot, 3 Inches of our Meafure ; but they foon died, for 

 want of their ufual Suftenance. 

 Confla por fame Hiftorian, in his third Book, fays, That the 



orra.s que ti- Men of Sarmiento's Ships, fought with Men that were 

 cne cada uno 0q$q three Yards high, that is, about ei^ht Foot of our 

 tr^l^f e ^^^ The firft time they repuls'd the Spaniards 5 but 

 alto. the fecond, the latter put them to Flight, with fuch Preci- 

 pitation, that, to make ufe of theSpaniJh ExprefTion, A Muf- 

 fat Ball would not have -overt ahn them. According to this 

 Inflame, (ays he, the Booh of Knight -Errantry have good 

 Reafon to represent Giants as Cowards. However., I have 

 heard the Inhabitants of Chiloe fay, that the Caucahucs were 

 as brave as they were tall. 

 Di£ 7 Mali, We find a Circumftancc much to the fame Purpofe, but 

 perhaps more magnify'd in Sib aid de Wert's Voyage, who 

 cm^ea^r at Anchor with five Ships in the Green Bay, 21 



dabar iongit. Leagues within the Streight of Magellan, faw feven Pira- 

 joautu pe-giia's, or large Indian Boats, full of Giants, who might 

 Hrf **a '' about ten or eleven Foot high, whom the Dutch fought, 

 Par's 9 . ntl ^' and who were fo Frighted at the Fire-Arms, that they 

 Vaftoacpro- were feen to tear up Trees to flielter themfelves againft 

 cero corporethe Musket- Balls. 



velufuan- 'Oliver de Noort, who enter'd the Streight fome Months 

 te. HiJKAm. after Sibald, faw Men ten or eleven Foot high 3 tho' he had 

 P- p. alfo feen others of our Size. 



funrat" 6 " George Spilbergen entring the Streight of Magellan, the 

 ibia/terraL 2C * °^ April, i£i 5, faw, on Tie rr a del Fuego, a* Man of 

 d^Fogue im- a prodigious Height, who was got upon a Hill, to fee the 

 manis admo- Ships pafs by. 



S^kTi- William Schouten, on'the nth of December of the fame 

 tudinis °ho-" Year, being in Port Defire, in about 47 Degrees and a half 

 minem. Latitude, his Men found on the Mountain, Heaps of Stones 

 \llnun's pl ace d m fa^ 1 Manner, as gave them a Curiofity to foe 

 Voyage/ what they cover'd, and found Humane Bones between ten 



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