Chap. I. Jacques le 
penham , after their Vice-admiral. On the 22d, while they 
were taking in Water* there arofe a fudden Storm* which 
obliged fome of the Sailors to remain on fhore ; and at the 
fame time they faw a Body of Savages near the- Watering- 
place* who were converfing with them very freely and ami- 
cably. On the 23d in the Afternoon, the Storm rofe again, 
with greater Violence than before ; fo that Nineteen Men 
belonging to the Eagle were compelled to remain on fhore 
again, not being able to get back to their Shallop, though 
they endeavoured it all they could. 
19. On the 24th, the Shallops returned to the Coaft •* 
and* coming to the Watering-place, found only Two Men 
alive of the Nineteen they had left there the Evening be- 
fore. The Savages had come down upon them as foon as 
it grew dark, and had knocked Seventeen on the Head 
with their Slings, and wooden Clubs •, which yet was the 
more eafy for them to do, fince none of thefe poor Men 
had any Arms: Yet none of the Seamen had offered the 
leaffc Injury or Infult to thefe Savages. There were only 
.Five dead Bodies found upon the Shore, among which were 
thofe of the Pilot, and Two Boys. The latter were cut into 
Quarters, and the former was ftrangely mangled ; but the 
Savages had carried off all the reft, in order, as it was fup- 
pofed* to eat them. The Shallops, for the future, never 
went afhore without Eight or Ten Soldiers on board for 
their Defence ; but this Precaution was taken a little of the 
lateft, fince none of thefe brutal Savages appeared any more. 
On the 25th, the Vice-admiral went on board the Grey- 
hound , in order to vifit the Coaft. At his Return, he in- 
formed the Admiral, that, going afhore where he faw 
Smoke, he found fome of the Savages Huts, and had an- 
chored that Night in a Road, to which he gave the Name 
of his Ship. He alfo reported, that he had found the Terra 
del Fuego y as it is marked in the Charts, divided into feve- 
ral Iflands ; and that, in order to go into the South Sea, it 
was not at all neceffary to double Cape Horn ; but that they 
might leave it on the South, and enter in on the Eaft, the 
Bay of NaJJ'au paffmg into the open Sea by the Weft of 
that Cape ; and that he apprehended there were feveral Paf- 
fages out of the Bay of NaJJ'au into the Streights of Magel- 
lan. The greateft Part ol the Terra del Fuego is mountain- 
ous ; but adorned with many fine Valleys and Meadows, 
watered by feveral agreeable Rivulets, that ran down from 
the Hills. Between the Iflands there are good Roads, 
where whole Fleets may anchor with Safety, and where there 
is all imaginable Conveniency for Wooding, Watering, and 
taking in Ballaft. The Winds, that rage here more than 
in any other Country in the. World, and with a Violence 
not to be expreffed, blow conftantiy from the Weft, and 
may reafo.nably be fuppofed to proceed from watery Exha- 
lations. Such Ships therefore, as are bound Wefterly, ought 
to avoid this Coaft as much as they can poflibly, keeping 
as far as may be to the South ; and it is thereby very likely 
they may meet with South Winds, which rauft bring them 
to their defxred Port. The Inhabitants of this Country are 
as fair as any in Europe , as they concluded from the Sight 
of a young Child * but the grown People difguife themfelves 
ftrangely, by painting with a red Earth, according to their 
Fancies, fome having their Heads, others their Arms, others 
their Legs and Thighs, red, and all the reft of their Body 
white and many of them, from the Forehead to the Feet, 
have one Side red, and the other white. They are very 
ftrong, and well-proportioned, and generally about the 
Height of the People in Europe. Their Hair is black, 
and they wear it thick and long, to make them the more 
frightful They have very good Teeth, but fo thin, that 
they are as fharp as the Edge of a Knife. The Men go al- 
together naked ; and the Women have only a Bit of Skin 
about their Middles; which is very furprifing, the Severity 
of their Climate being confidered. Their Huts are made 
of Trees, in the Shape of Tents, with a Hole at the Top, 
to let out the Smoke. Within they are funk Two or Three 
Feet under the Earth ; and this Mould is thrown upon the 
Outfide. Their Fifhin g- tackle is very curious, and their 
Stone Hooks very near the fame Shape with ours. They 
are differently armed, fome having Bows, and Arrows ar- 
tificially headed with Stone ; others have long Javelins, 
pointed with Bone ; fome again have great wooden Clubs ; 
and fome have Slings, with Stone Knives, which are very 
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ftiarp. They are never without their Anns in their Hands, 
becaufe they are always at War amongft themfelves ; and 
it feems, that they paint differently, that they may di-» 
ftinguiftt each other ; for the People, about the Eland of 
TorhaltenSy were all painted black, and fo were they about 
the Bay of Schapenham ; whereas thofe about the Greyhound 
Bay are all painted red. Their Canoes are very Angular-; 
In order to make them, they lop the Branches off a great 
Tree, and then bark it ; the Infide they fortify with feve- 
ral Pieces of frnall Wood, and do the like on the Outfide *, 
then they cover it with another Bark ; and fo make it both 
ftrong and tight. Thefe Canoes are from Ten to Fourteen 
and Sixteen Feet in Length, and about Two Feet broad. 
Seven or Eight Men can go in them ; and they navigate 
them, fo as to go as quick as our Shallops. As to their 
Manners, they are rather Beads than Men ; for they tear 
human Bodies to Pieces, and eat the Flefh, raw and bloody 
as it is. There is not the leaft Spark of Religion or Policy 
to be obferved amongft them : On the contrary, they are, 
in every refpebt, brutal ; infomuch that, if they have Oc- 
cafion to make Water, they let fly againft any one that is 
near them, if he does not get out of their Way. They have 
no fort of Knowledge of the Ufe of our Arms, and there- 
fore do not fear them ; for they would lay their Hands on 
the Edges of the Dutchmens Swords : Yet, for all this, they 
are exceffively cunning, faithlels, and cruel, fhewing all the 
Signs of Friendfhip one Minute, and knocking thofe on the 
Head, to whom they fhew them, the very next. There is 
no fuch tiling as getting any kifid of Refrefhments from 
them, tho* fuch are not wanting, if they would part with 
them ; of which the Dutch were very well fatisfied, by fee- 
ing Quantities of Cow-dung, and finding their Bow-ftrings 
made of Ox-fine ws : Nay, a Soldier, who went afhore 
while the Greyhound Yacht lay at Anchor, reported to the 
Vice-admiral, that he faw a large Herd of Cattle feeding 
in a Meadow. 
20. On February 27. the Admiral made a Signal for fail- 
ing ; and, the Wind being North, they were in hopes of 
getting out of the Bay of Najfau ; but, in the Evening, they 
had a Storm again from the Weft, which lafted all Night. 
On March 3. at Noon, they had an Obfervation, and found 
themfelves in 59 0 45' South Latitude, the Wind at North- 
weft. Almoft all Navigators had been, to that time, of 
Opinion, that it was eafy to go from the Streights of Le 
Maire to Chili ; but that it was fcarce pofiible to pals from 
Chili or Peru into the North Sea by that Streight, becaufe, 
as they imagined, the South Wind blew conftantiy in thofe 
Seas : But they found the Cafe quite otherwife, fince the 
frequent Tempefts they had from theWeft and North- weft, 
rendered it, beyond Comparifon, more eafy to pafs from 
Chili or Peru through the Streights of Le Maire into the 
North Sea, than it was to reach Chili or Peru from the 
North Sea through thofe Streights. On the 6th, they had 
ftill ftrong Weft Winds; which gave the Admiral infinite 
Concern, becaufe they put it out of his Power to comply 
with the Inftruffions given him by the States, which re- 
quired him to fail, as foon as he had paffed the Streights of 
Le Maire , to the Eland of Juan Fernandez ; which, while 
the Weft Winds continued, he could not do. Upon this, 
he called a Council, in order to take fome Refolution as to 
the proper Place of Rendezvous for the Fleet, in cafe of 
being difperfed, or of wintering, if thefe Tempefts from 
the Weft (hould ftill continue to rage. The Terra del Fuego 
was propofed by fome ; the Streights of Magellan by others; 
but, all things well weighed, the Majority were of Opinion, 
that it would be beft to wait Two Months for better Wea- 
ther, and to employ their utmoft Endeavours to double the 
Cape, and get into the South Sea. On the 8 th, they were 
in 6i° ; on the 14th, in 58° ; and on the i8t|i, 19th, and 
20th, they had a fair and freffi Wind from the South-eaft. 
The Weather alfo became warm ; fo that, after all thefe 
Storms and Tempefts, they began to think they were got 
into another World. On the 24th, they loft Sight of the 
Maurice , and the David ; fo that the Fleet confifted now 
only of Seven Sail ; and, the fame Evening, they found 
themfelves in 47 0 . On the 25th, having ftill a fair Wind, 
and fair Weather, they reached 45% and were then in great 
Hopes of overcoming all Difficulties* 
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