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 must of necessitie haue perished. But the winde shifting to the East, wee directed our course for The Streights, and the 18 of August wee fell with the Cape in a very thicke fogge; and the same night we ankered ten leagues within the Cape.

The 19 day wee passed the first and the second Streights.

The 21 day wee doubled Cape Froward.

The 22 we ankered in Saluage cooue, so named, because wee found many Saluages there: notwithstanding the extreme colde of this place, yet doe all these wilde people go naked, and live in the woods like Satyrs, painted and disguised, and flie from you like wilde deere. They are very strong, and threw stones at vs, of three or foure pound waight an increditable distance.

The 24 in the morning wee departed from this cooue, and the same day we came into the Northwest reach, which is the last reach of the Streights. The 25 we ankered in a good cooue, within fourteene leagues of the South sea: in this place we purposed to stay for the General, for the streight in this place is scarce three miles broad, so that he could not passe but we must see him. After we had stayed here a fortnight in the deep of winter, our victuals consuming, (for our Seals stunke most vily, and our men died pitifully through cold and famin, for the greatest part of them had not clothes to defend the extremitie of the winters cold) being in this heauie distresse, our captaine and Master thought it the best course to depart from the Streights into the South sea, and to go for the isle of Santa Maria, which is to the Northward of Baldiuia in 37 degrees and a quarter, where we might haue reliefe, and be in a temperate clime, and their stay for the Generall, for of necessity he must come by that Isle.

So we departed the 13 of September, and came in sight of the South sea. The 14 we were forced backe againe, and recouered a cooue 3 leagues within the streights from the South sea.

Againe we put foorth, and being 8 or 10 leagues free of the land, the wind rising furiously at Westnorthwest, we were inforced againe into the streights only for want of sails; for we neuer durst beare saile in any stresse of weather, they were so weake: so againe we recouered the cooue three leagues within the streights, where we indured most furious weather, so that one of our two cables brake, whereby we were hopeles of life. Yet it