Streight of Magellan to Cape Monday
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water. This bank lies W.S.W. five or six miles from the middle of George’s Island, and it is said in some former accounts that in many places there is not three fathom water upon it: the danger here therefore is considerable, and to avoid it, it is necessary to keep near Elizabeth’s Island till the western shore is but at a short distance, and then a southern course may be steered with great safety, till the reef, which lies about four miles to the northward of Saint Anne’s Point, is in sight. At noon this day, the north point of Fresh Water Bay bore W. by N.; and Saint Anne’s Point S. by E. ½ E. The French ship still steered after us, and we imagined that she was either from Falkland’s Islands, where the French had then a settlement, to get wood, or upon a survey of the Streight. The remaining part of this day, and the next morning, we had variable winds with calms; in the afternoon therefore I hoisted out the boats, and towed round Saint Anne’s Point into Port Famine: at six in the evening we anchored, and soon after the French ship passed by us to the southward.
Here we continued till Monday the 25th, when both the Dolphin and Tamar having taken out of the store-ship as much provision as they could stow, I gave the Master of her, orders to return to England as soon as he could get ready, and with the Tamar sailed from Port Famine, intending to push through the Streight before the season should be too far advanced. At noon, we were three leagues distant from Saint Anne’s Point, which bore N.W. and three or four miles distant from Point Shutup, which bore S.S.W. Point Shutup bears from Saint Anne’s Point S. ½ E. by the compass, and they are about four or five leagues asunder. Between these two Points there is a flat shoal, which runs from Port Famine before Sedger river, and three or four miles to the southward.
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© Derived from Volume I of the London 1773 Edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 62, 2004
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