. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . w. 826 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. The comnioaore and the Indian having complimented each other, in lan-guage equally unintelligible to either, they walked together towards themain body of the Indians, few of whom were shorter than the heightabovementioned, and the women were large in proportion. On the 21st of December they began sailing up the Strait of Magellan,with a view to take in a stock of wood and water. On the 26th, came toanchor at Port Famine. In this place, they found drift-wood enoughto have supplied a thousand vessels. Th
. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . w. 826 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. The comnioaore and the Indian having complimented each other, in lan-guage equally unintelligible to either, they walked together towards themain body of the Indians, few of whom were shorter than the heightabovementioned, and the women were large in proportion. On the 21st of December they began sailing up the Strait of Magellan,with a view to take in a stock of wood and water. On the 26th, came toanchor at Port Famine. In this place, they found drift-wood enoughto have supplied a thousand vessels. The quantity of fish that was dailytaken was equal to the supply of both the crews: and the commodore shotas many geese and ducks as furnished several tables besides his own. Onthe 4th of January 1765, they sailed in search of Falklands Islands. On the 12th they saw land, and on the 14th a flat island, covered withtufts of grass as large as bushes. Soon after this they entered anotherharbor, to which Byron gave the name of Port Egmont. This harbor isrepresented t
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