1 6 The VOYAGES of Book 1 
5* January the 21ft, they went from hence, and failed 
by the Ille St. Iago ; in palling by which, the People dif- 
charged Three Pieces of Cannon at them, but without doing 
Mifchief. The Mand is fair and large, inhabited by Por- 
tuguefe ; but the Mountains are polfeffed by the Moors , 
who, to deliver themfelves from Slavery, fled to thefe 
Places of Refuge, where they have fortified themfelves. 
Before this Mand they faw Two Ships under Sail, one of 
which they took, and found to be a good Prize, laden 
with Wines : The Admiral retained the Pilot, but dif- 
charged the Ship and the Men, giving them feme Victuals, 
a Butt of Wine, and their wearing Cloaths °. The fame 
Night they came to the Mand ' Del Fogo , or the Burning 
Ijland , which is inhabited by Portuguefe : On the North 
Side there is a fort of Vulcano, that is continually belching 
out Smoak and Flame : On the South Side lies a very 
delightful Mand, full of Trees ever green and flourifhing, 
and refrefhed with cooling Streams, that pour themfelves 
out into the Sea. Here was no convenient Road for their 
Ships, the Sea being fo deep, that there was no Poflibility 
of fixing an Anchor thereabouts. Leaving thefe Mands, 
they drew towards the Line, being fometimes becalmed 
for a long time together, and, at others, beaten with 
Tempefts. They had continually great Plenty of Fifh, as 
Dolphins, Bonito’s, and Flying-fiihes, fome of which 
dropt down into their Ships, and could not rife again, be- 
cause their finny Wings wanted Moifture. 
6. From the firft Day of their Departure from the 
Mands of Cape Verde , they failed 54 Days without Sight of 
Land ; and the firft which they faw was the Coaft of Brafif 
in 38° of South Latitude. April the 5th, the barbarous 
People on Shore, having difcovered the Ships, began to ufe 
their accuftomed Ceremonies, in order to raife a Storm to 
fink their Ships : For this Purpofe they made great Fires, 
and offered fome Sacrifices to the Devil j but at prefent, 
it feems, he was not able to ferve them. April the 7th, 
they had Lightning, Rain, and Thunder ; in which Storm 
they loft the Company of a little Bark, the Chrifiopher 3 
but the 1 ith they found her again ; and the Place where all 
the Ships, that were difperfed in the Search of her, met 
together, the Admiral called Cape Joy , and here every 
Ship took in frefh Water. The Country hereabouts was 
fair and pleafant, the Air fweet and mild, the Soil rich and 
fruitful. The Inhabitants feemed to be only fome Herds 
of wild Deer, no others being to be feen, though they 
difcerned the Footfteps of fome People in the Ground. 
Having weighed Anchor, and run a little farther, they 
found a fmall Harbour between a Rock and the Main, 
where the Rock breaking the Force of the Sea, the Ship 
rode very fafely. Upon this Rock they killed feveral Seals, 
keeping them for Food, and found them wholfome, though 
not pleafant. 
7. Their next Courfe being to 36° of South Latitude, 
they entered the great River of Plate , and came into be- 
tween 53 and 54 Fathom of frefh Water ; but, finding no 
good Harbour there, they put out to Sea again. Sailing 
on, they came to a good Bay j in which Bay were feveral 
pretty Mands, one of which was flock’d with Seals, and 
the others, for the moft part, with Fowls, fo that there 
•was no want of any Provifions, or of good Water there. 
The Admiral being on Shore in one of thofe Mands, 
the People came dancing and leaping about him, and were 
very free to trade : But their Cuftom was not to take any 
thing from any other Perfon, unlefs firft thrown down on the 
Ground. They were comely ftrong-bodied People, very 
fwift of Foot, and of a brifk lively Conftitution. The 
Marigold , and the Chrifiopher , (being fent to difcover a 
convenient Harbour) returned with the happy News of fuch 
an one ; into which they went with all their Ships. Here 
the Seals abounded to that degree, that they killed more 
than 200 in an Hour’s Space. The Natives came boldly 
and confidently about them, while they were working on 
Shore ; their Faces were painted, and their Apparel only a 
Covering of Beaft-fkins (with the Fur on) about their 
Waifts, and fomething wreathed about their Heads. They 
had Bows an Ell long, but no more than Two Ar- 
rows apiece. They feemed to be not altogether deftitute of 
.martial Difcipline, as appeared by the Method they ob~ 
ferved in ordering and ranging their Men and they gave 
fufficient Proof of their Agility, by Healing the Admiral’s 
Hat off from his very Head •, which was a brave Prize 
among them, one taking the Hat, and another the gold 
Lace that was on it ; neither of which could ever be got 
from them again. They were the Nation which Magetlan 
called Patagons. 
8. Having difpatched all Affairs in this Place, they 
failed *, and, June the 20th, they anchored in Port St. 
Julian fo called by Magellan . Here they faw the Gibbet 
on which Magellan had formerly executed fome of his 
mutinous Company : And here alfo Admiral Drake exe* 
cuted one Captai xs Doughty, the moft fufpe&ed Adion of 
his Life. After which Execution, Augufi the 17th, they 
left St. Julian's Port, and the 20th fell in with the 
Streight of Magellan , going into the South Sea. The 21ft 
they entered the Streight, which they found to lie very 
intricate and crooked, with divers Turnings \ by which 
means, fhirting about fo often, the Wind would fometimes 
be againft them, wmch made their Sailing very trouble- 
fome, and not only fo, but dangerous too, elpecially if 
any hidden Blafts of Wind came : For, though there be 
feveial good Harbours about, and frefh Water enough, 
yet the Sea is fo deep, that there is no anchoring there, ex™ . 
cept in fome very narrow River or Corner, or between the 
Rocks. There are vaft Mountains, covered with Snow, 
that fpread along the Land on both Sides the Streights j 
the Tops or which mount up in the Air to a prodigious 
Height, having Two or Three Regions of Clouds lying 
in Order below them. The Streights are extremely cold 
withFroft and Snow continually: Yet the Trees and Plants 
maintain a conftant Verdure, and flourilh notwithftanding 
the feeming Severity of' the Weather, At the South and 
Eaft Parts of the Streight there are various Mands, between 
which the Sea breaks into the Streights, as it does into 
the main Entrance : The Breadth of it is from one League, 
where it is the narroweft, to Two, Three, or Four Leagues, 
which is the wideft ; and the Tides rife high through the 
Whole. 
9. Augufi the 24th, they came to an Mand in the 
Streights, where were Pengwins, a fort of Fowls as big as 
Geefe, that could not fly ; and they were in fuch Multi- 
tudes, that they killed 3000 in Jefs than one Day. Sep- 
tember the 6th, they entered the South Sea at the Cape or 
Head Shore. And the 7th they were driven by a Storm 
back from that Entrance more than 200 Leagues Loncfi- 
tude, and i° to the South of the Streight ; from the Bay 
they were driven Southwards of the Streights, in 57 0 of 
South Latitude, where they anchored among the Mands, 
finding good frefh Water, and excellent Herbs. Not far 
from hence, they entered another Bay, where they found 
naked People, ranging from one Ifland to another in their 
Canoes, to feek Provifions. Thefe traded with them for 
fuch Commodities as they had. Sailing Northward from 
hence, they found Three Mands, October the 3d, in one 
of which was fuch Plenty of Birds, as is hardly credible. 
Odlober the 8 th, they loft the Company of the Ship, in 
which was Mr. Winter . Being now come to the other Mouth 
of the Streights, they put away towards the Coaft 
of Chili , which the general Maps place to the South-weft, 
but they found afterwards to lie to the North-eaft and 
Eafterly ; fo that thofe Coafts were either not fully dif- 
covered, or at leaft not faithfully defcribed. They pro- 
ceeded ftill in the fame Courfe, till, upon the 29th of 
November , they came to the Me of Mocha , where they 
caft Anchor, and the Admiral, with Ten Men, went 
afhore. The People that dwelt there, were fuch as the 
extreme Cruelty of the Spaniards had forced from their own 
Habitations .to this Mand, to preferve their Lives and 
Liberties. They carried themfelves at firft very civilly to 
the Admiral and his Men, bringing them Potatoes, and 
Two fat Sheep, promifing alfo to bring them Water •, for 
which they received fome Prefents. The next Day Two 
Men were fent afhore with Barrels for Water - 3 and the 
Natives, having them at an Advantage, prefently feized 
them, and knocked them on the Head. The Reafon of 
this Outrage was, becaufe they took them for Spaniards , 
whom they never fpare when they fall into their Hands. 
® The Reafon of taking thefe Ships was 8 that at this Time Portugal was annexed to the Crown of Spain. 
10. Con- 
