The VOYAGES of Book I. 
nel ; which proving to be Twelve or Thirteen Fathom, 
they boldly entered, having a North-eaft Wind to carry 
them along : But, after a little more than a League’s Sail- 
ing, the Wind began to vere about, and they anchored at 
Twenty Fathom ; but, the Bottom they were upon being 
only flippery Stones, and the Wind now blowing hard at 
North-weft, their Anchors could not preferve them from 
driving away with that rough Wind upon the Southern 
Shore ; fo both thefe Ships were like to be wrecked toge* 
ther. The Unity lay with her Side upon the Cliffs •, but 
ftill kept the Water, and, by the Fall of the Sea, was gra- 
dually hidden down lower and lower into it •, but the Horn 
ftuck, fo as that her Keel was above a Fathom out of Wa- 
ter, and a Man might have walked dry under it at Low 
Water. She was, for fome time, obliged to the North- 
weft Wind, that, by blowing hard upon her Side, kept her 
from falling over ; but, that Support being gone, with the 
Wind that gave it, fhe funk down upon that Side at leaft 
Three Feet lower than the Keel : Upon which Sight they 
gave her over for loft •, and yet the fucceeding Flood, which 
came on with ftill Weather, fet her upright again j and both 
fhe and her Companion got clear of that Danger. The 9th, 
they went farther into the River, and came to King’s Ifland, 
which they found full of black Sea-mews, and almoft cover- 
ed over with their Eggs. A Man, without ftraining to 
reach, might have taken between Fifty and Sixty Nefts with 
his Hand, each of which have Three or Four Eggs apiece ; 
fo that they were quickly furnilhed with fome Thoufands 
of them. The nth, the Boat went in Search of good 
Water lower down the River, on the South Side ; but found 
it all of a brackifh unpleafant Tafte. They faw Oftriches 
here, and a Sort of Beafts like Harts, with wonderful long 
Necks, and extremely wild. Upon the high Hills, they 
found great Heaps of Stones, under which fome monftrous 
Carcafes had been buried. There were Bones of Ten and 
Eleven Feet long. In all Probability they were (if of ra- 
tional Creatures) fome Bones of the Giants of that Country. 
No Water was to be found here for feveral Days together j 
fo that, tho’ they had Plenty of good Fifh and Fowl, they 
could meet with no Drink to walk it down. On the 1 7th, 
they laid the Unity dry upon King’s IJland , in order to clean 
her-, which they performed very fuccefsfully. On the 18th, 
they likewife haled the Horn on fhore for the fame Purpofe, 
and placed her about 200 Yards from the other Ship. On 
the 19 th, a very dreadful Accident happened for, while 
they were bufy cleaning both Ships, in order to which it 
was neceffary to light a Fire of dry Reeds under the Horn , 
it fo fell out, that the Flame got into the Ship, and fet it 
on Fire; and, as they were Fifty Feet from the Water- 
fide, they were forced to ftand ftill, and fee her burn, with- 
out being able to do any thing towards extinguifhing it. 
On the 20th, at High-water, they launched the Unity , and 
the next Day carried on board her all the Wood, Iron-work, 
Anchors, and Pieces of Cannon, and whatever elfe they 
were able to fave out of the Horn. On the 25th, fome of 
the Sailors found certain Holes full of frelh Water, which 
was white and thick, but well tafted, a great Quantity of 
which they carried on board in fmall Cafks upon their Shoul- 
ders. They met here with great Numbers of Sea Lions ; 
the young ones they eat, and found them pretty good Food. 
The Sea Lion is a Creature as big as a fmall Horfe ; their 
Heads referable Lions exaftly ; on their Necks they have 
long Manes of a tough ftrong Hair ; but this is to be un- 
derftood of the He-lions only: For the She-lion is without 
Hair, and not above half as big as the Male. They are a 
bold fierce Animal, not to be deftroyed but by Mufket- 
fhot. 
8. January 13. they failed out of Port Defire *, but, hav- 
ing a Calm, they anchored before the Haven, till the Rifing 
of the Wind invited them to purfue their Voyage. The 
18th, being in 51°, they faw the Sebaldin Iflands ; which 
they obferved to lie in that Pofition and Diftance from the 
Streight, that de Weert had determined. The 20th, being 
then in 53 °, they obferved the great Current, that runs 
South- weft ; and now they reckoned about Twenty Leagues 
Southward from the Magellanic Streights. The 23d, they 
had an uncertain fhifting Wind, and the Water appeared 
white, as if they had been within the Land. They held 
their Courfe South by Weft, and the fame Day faw Land, 
bearing Weft and Weft South-weft from them, and quick- 
ly after to the South. Then attempting, by an Eaft South- 
eaft Courfe, to get beyond the Land, the hard North 
Wind, that blew then, conftrained them to take in their 
Topfails. The 24th in the Forenoon, they faw Land a 
Starboard, about a League’s Diftance, ftretching out Eaft 
and South, with very high Hills, all covered with Ice and 
then other Land bearing Eaft from it, high and ragged as 
the former. They girdled, the Lands they had in thefe 
Two Profpedts lay about Eight Leagues afunder, and that 
there might be a good Paffage between them, becaufe of a 
pretty brilk Current, that ran Southward along by them. 
About Noon, they made 54 0 46', and then began to make 
towards the afore-mentioned Opening 4 but the fucceeding 
Calm prevented it. Here they faw an incredible Number 
of Penguins, and fuch huge Shoals of Whales, that they 
were forced to proceed with a great deal of Caution, for 
fear they fhould run their Ship upon them. 
9. The 25th in the Forenoon, they got up clofe by the 
Eaft Land, which, upon the North Side, reaches Eaft 
South-eaft as far as the Eye can follow it. This they called 
States Land ; and to that, which lay Weft, they gave the 
Name of Maurice Land . They obferved there were good 
Roads and fandy Bays, good Store of Fifh, Penguins, and 
Porpoifes, and fome Sorts of Fowl ; but the Land adjacent 
feemed quite bare of Trees and Woods. They had a North 
Wind at their Entrance into this Paffage, and directed their 
Courfe South South-weft ; fo that, going pretty brifkly on, 
at Noon they made 55 0 36', and then held a South- weft 
Courfe, having a good ftiff Gale to blow them forwards.. 
The Land, upon the South Side of the Paffage, at the 
Weft End of Maurice Land , appeared to run Weft South- 
weft, and South-weft, as far as they could fee it, and all 
very craggy uneven Ground. In the Evening, having a 
South-weft Wind, they fteered Southward, meeting with 
mighty Waves, that came rolling along before the Wind ; 
and the Depth of the Water to the Leeward from them, 
which appeared by fome very evident Signs, gave them a 
full Affurance, that the great South Sea was now before 
them, into which they had almoft made their Way by a 
Paffage of their own Difcovery. The Sea-mews thereabouts 
were larger than Swans, and their Wings, when extended 
to the full Length, fpread about the Compafs of a Fathom. 
They would come and very tamely fit down upon the Ship, 
and fuffer themfelves to be taken by Hand, without any 
Endeavours to fly away. The 26th, they made 57 0 , and 
were there ruffled by a brisk Storm out of the Weft 
and South- weft. The Water was alfo very high, and blue. 
They ftill held all this Day their Courfe to the Southward, 
but chang’d it at Night for a North-weft one ; in which 
Quarter they difcovered very high Land. The 27th, they 
were under 56° 51', the Weather very cold, with Hail and 
Rain, the Wind Weft and Weft by South. They went a 
Southern Courfe, and then crofted Northward, with their 
Main-fails. The 28th, they hoifted up their Top-fails, and 
had great Billows out of the Weft, with a Weft and 
then a North-eaft Wind, and therewith held their Courfe 
South, and then Weft and Weft by South, which brought 
them under 56° 48'. 
10. The 29th, they had a North-eaft Wind, and held 
their Courfe South-weft, which gave them the Profpeft of 
Two Elands, befet round with Cliffs, and lying Weft 
South-weft from them ; they got up to them at Noon, 
but could not fail above them, and therefore held their 
Courfe to the North. They gave them the Name of Bar - 
nevelt’s Iflands , and found their Latitude to be 57 0 South. 
Taking a North-weft Courfe from hence in the Evening, 
they faw Land again, lying North-weft and North North- 
weft from them ; this was the high hilly Land, covered 
with Snow, that lay Southward from the Magellanic 
Streights, ending in a fharp Point, which they called Cape 
Horn , and lying in 57 0 48'. They held their Courfe now 
Weftward, in which Courfe they found a ftrong Current 
that ran that Way too, yet had the Wind in the North, 
and great Billows rolling out of the Weft upon them. 
The 30th, the Billows and the Current ftill ran as before ; 
and now they gathered a full Affurance from hence, that 
the Way was open into the South Sea ; this Day made the 
Latitude of 57 0 34% The 31ft, they failed Weft, with 
