...na and a priest put on shore -- Wreck of the Santiago -- Discovery of Magellan Strait -- Hurrah! Afloat on the Great South Sea -- Loss of the San Anto... ...ch he submits to the executioner's axe -- Incidents in the passage of Magellan Strait -- A slaughter of penguins provides provisions for the crew -- M... ...................................................... 254 Magellan exploring the Strait that bears his name....................... 256 Starvation confro... ...ave a story of the Hascall, a fishing vessel which broke from her anchorage on George's Banks and ran down the Andrew Johnson. For many years after, t... ...k, honey, and clear water; in them he had placed beautiful damsels, skilful in songs and instruments of music and dancing, and to make sports and deli... ...ductions, the men and women came in procession, and with tambourine and festal songs gave a generous welcome to their strange visitors. Saavedra died ... ... his men, for the end of the long uncertain voyage seemed at hand. Merrily the songs of the light-hearted sailors rang out over a sea as blue as their... .... A few years afterwards, when the royal society obtained the consent of King George to fit out an expedition for the purpose of observing the transi... ...and came to anchor in Port Royal Bay at Otaheite, or Tahiti, first called King George the Third Island. Here Cook was immediately visited by many of t...