S.E. about two leagues, then came into a narrow passage, not above a cable’s length over, which put us all to a stand, doubting of any farther passage.  The wind took us a-head, and the tide being spent we put into a small cove, and made fast.  At seven in the evening, being calm, cast loose, being willing to see if there was any opening, but to our great misfortune, found none, which very much surpriz’d us.  The lieutenant is of opinion, that we are in a lagoon to the northward of the Streights.  This I cannot believe, and am positive, if ever there was such a place in the world as the Streights of Magellan, we are now in them, and above thirty leagues up.  If he or any of the officers had given themselves the trouble of coming upon deck, to have made proper remarks, we had been free from all this perplexity, and by this time out of the Streights to the northward.  There is not an officer aboard, except the carpenter and myself, will keep the deck a moment longer than his watch, or has any regard to a reckoning, or any thing else.  It is agreed to go back again.

Wednesday the 25th, little wind with rain.  At eight this morning row’d out, and got about a league down; here we could get no ground, and were obliged to put back again.

Thursday the 26th, little wind; row’d out, got about five leagues down.  This day we were in such want of provisions, that we were forced to cut up the seal skin and broil it, notwithstanding it has lain about the deck for this fortnight.

Friday the 27th, little wind and close weather.  This morning cast loose and row’d down, had a fresh breeze at north, steer’d W.S.W. into another opening on the south-shore, hoping to find a passage out of the lagoon, as the lieutenant calls it, into the right Streights.  After going two leagues up saw there was no opening, put back and made fast where we came from, being determined to go back and make Cape Pillar a second time, which is the south entrance of the Streights.  Got abundance of large muscles, five or six inches long, a very great relief to us at present.

Sunday the 29th, hard gales from N.W. to S.W. with heavy rains.  Great uneasiness among the people, many of them despairing of a deliverance, and crying aloud to serve provisions four days before the time.  Finding no way to pacify them, we were obliged to serve them.  We endeavoured to encourage and comfort them as much as lay in our power, and at length they seemed tolerably easy.

Monday the 30th, fresh gales at W. with continual rain.  This day died three of our people, viz.  Peter Delroy, barber, Thomas Thorpe and Thomas Woodhead, marines, they all perish’d for want of food:  Several more are in the same way, being not able to go ashore for provisions, and those who are well cannot get sufficient for themselves, therefore the sick are left destitute of all relief.  There is one thing to be taken notice of in the death of those people, that some hours before they die they are taken lightheaded, and fall a joking and laughing, and in this humour they expire.