'the South-Sea. 287 



South S. and by W. and S. S. W. and at Noon were got 

 out from between the Lands. They took an Obfervation 

 with very fair Weather, and found 54 Degrees 34 Minutes 

 Latitude. This Obfervation was conftrm'd by that they 

 took the next Day, in Sight of a fniall Ifland, which bore 

 Eaft from them according to the Globe; they found 54 De- . 

 grees 29 Minutes. 



That little Iiland was to the Southward of a great one, Tohn: to 

 the S. E. Point whereof was call'd Black Cape, becaufe it kn ™ the nm 

 is of that Colour. The little Ifland here fpoken of, is a cbam cL 

 Rock fliaped like a Tower, of an extraordinary Height ; 

 clofe by which there is a fmaller much of the fame Shape ? 

 by which it appears, that it would be impoflible to mils 

 that Channel, if it were fought after by its Latitude, up- 

 on fuch Angular Land-Marks. The Ship's Crew fay, that 

 there is a good Bottom, and that great Ships may pais there 

 without any Danger, the fame being about two Leagues 

 broad. 



This Streight is perhaps the fame as that of Jelouchte y 

 which Monfieur de Lijle has laid down in his laft Map of 

 Chili; but as the Englifh Memoirs, which. he has been 

 pleas'd to fliew me, feem to place it South of Cape Frou- 

 vart, it may be fuppos'd that they arc two different Streights. 



Perhaps alfo it is the fame through which the Squadron 

 of Monlieur de Gennes pafs'd out in the Year 1696. 



If I have in this Chart fupprefs'd imaginary Lands, I 

 have alfo added fome real,* in 51 Degrees Latitude, which 

 I have call'd new Iflands, becaufe difcover'd fince the Year Nm IflanM 

 1700, moft of them by Ships of S. Male. I have laid them 

 down according to the Memoirs or Obfervations of the 

 D/lanrepas and the S.Lewis, Ships belonging to the India 

 Company, which faw them near at hand ; and even the 

 latter was water'd there in a Pool, which I have fet down, 

 near Port S. Lewis. The Water was fomewhat ruddy and 

 unfavory ; in other refpeds good for the Sea. Both of 

 them ran along feveral Parts of them, but none coafted 

 along fo clofe as the S. John Bapiiji y commanded by Doit- 



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