46',[106] And Stood Towards The Before-Mentioned Opening, But Were Delayed By A Calm. At This Place They Saw A Prodigious Multitude Of Penguins, And Such Numbers Of Whales That They Had To Proceed With Much Caution, Being Afraid They Might Injure Their Ship By Running Against Them.

[Footnote 106:

They were here obviously approaching the Straits of Le Maire, discovered on the present occasion, the northern opening of which is in lat. 54 deg. 40' S. the southern in 55 deg. S. and the longitude 65 deg. 15' W. from Greenwich. - E.]

In the forenoon of the 25th they got close in with the eastern land, and upon its north side, which stretched E.S.E. as far as the eye could carry. This they named States Land, and to that which lay westward of the opening they gave the name of Maurice Land.[107] The land on both sides seemed entirely bare of trees and shrubs, but had abundance of good roads and sandy bays, with great store of fish, porpoises, penguins and other birds. Having a north wind at their entrance into this passage, they directed their course S.S.W. and going at a brisk rate, they were at noon in lat. 55 deg. 36' S. and then held a S.W. course with a brisk gale. The land on the south side of the passage or Straits of Le Maire, and west side, to which they gave the name of Maurice Land, [being the east side of the Terra del Fuego] appeared to run W.S.W. and S.W. as far as they could see, and was all a very rugged, uneven, and rocky coast.

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