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 had beene in a stoue, or hote-house.

Here wee saw flying fishes in great abundance, some a foote long, some lesse. Their fynnes wherewith they fly be as long as their bodies. They be greatly pursued by the Dolphine and Bonitoes, whom as soone as the flying fishes espie, immediatly they mount out of the sea in great numbers, and fly as long as their fynnes continue moyst: and when they be dry, they fall downe into the sea againe.

And here is to bee noted, that after we came within 4 degrees of the Equinoctial, vntill we were much past it, no day did passe without great store of raine.

From hence wee directed our course towards the Southsouthwest vntill the 5 of Aprill, at which time, wee had a very sweet smell from the land.

The same day at noone wee sounded, and found the sea to be 32 fathomes deepe, the ground being soft oaze: and shortly after we had but 28 fathomes, being 31 degrees and 30 min. beyond the Equinoctial, towarde the South pole: and wee had sight of the land about 3 of the clocke in the afternoon the same day. This land is very low neere the sea; and hie mountaines vp within the countrie

From hence we ran towardes the Southsouthwest, vntill the 14 of Aprill; when wee found a little island, lying neere the maine land of Cape Sant Marie, by which is the enterance into the riuer of Plate, being in 35 degrees of Southerly latitude. From this island we ran 7 or 8 leauges along the maine, where we came to an anker vnder a Cape which our General called Cape Ioy. Here euery ship tooke in fresh water. Then we departed and ran about 15 leauges towards the Westsouthwest where we found a deepe bay. In the bottome of this bay is a long rocke, not far from the maine: which rocke so breaketh the force of the sea, that shippes may ride commodiously vnder the same for Southerly windes. Hither came all our fleet to anker, the 19 of Aprill, and roade there vntill the 20 day at night. Here wee killed some seales. And from thence wee ran about 20 leagues, where we found the water very much troubled and fresh, and wee ran in so farre that we had but 3 fathomes water. Here wee tooke in fresh water, and ranne ouer to the Southward, and fell with the land which lyeth on the South part of the riuer of Plate, the 27 day. This land lyeth Southsouthwest and North