revenge, sent armed men to kill as many of them as they could. The Patagonians, however, retired into the country.

In August the squadron again sailed, when one ship was driven on shore by a violent gale; the crew and cargo were saved. The crew of another ship afterwards rose against the Captain, Olivarez Misquitos, and compelled him to return to Europe. Magellan succeeded in finding a strait, or arm of the sea, which led, to his great joy, into the Pacific Ocean, or great South Sea. If you look at your map, you will find Magellan's Strait at the south end of South America. Magellan was the first European who sailed on that sea.

Most likely that was the happiest season of Magellan's life. It confirmed his judgment; it gratified his ambition; it rewarded his dangers and his toils.

"And I have lov'd thee, Ocean! and my joy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be
Borne, like thy bubbles onward: from a boy
I wanton'd with thy breakers-they to me
Were a delight; and if the fresh'ning sea
Made them a terror-'twas a pleasing fear;
For I was, as it were, a child of thee,

And trusted to thy billows far and near,

And laid my hand upon thy mane, as I do here."

Magellan would, willingly, have remained near the strait to refresh his men, but the natives on shore were much addicted to thieving. They took away everything they could lay hold of, and seized one of the boats. Magellan landed with ninety men, killed many of the natives, and set their houses on fire. He called the place the isles of thieves and robbers.

The ships sailed forward, and, occasionally, stopped at different places for refreshment. The king of Buthuan came on board Magellan's ship,

and presented him with gold and spices, and received garments in return. The king was comely in person, of an olive complexion, with long black hair. He had gold rings in his ears, and three on each finger; his head was covered with a veil of silk, and a garment of mingled silk and gold hung down to his knees: the handle of his dagger was of gold, and the wooden scabbard was finely carved. The natives sat cross-legged, and the lights they used were composed of the gum of a tree, wrapped in the leaves of the palm-tree.

The opportunity of seeing the inhabitants of strange countries, and of observing their singular customs, constitutes one of the many pleasures of travelling abroad. Leaving Buthuan, the ships touched at the isles of Zeilon, Zubut, Messana, and Caleghan, and reached Lubut, where their great guns were fired, to the great

consternation of the natives. Magellan persuaded the king and his principal subjects to embrace the Christian religion. The idols they had worshipped were destroyed, and crosses were set up in many places. Lubut is one of the Philippine Islands; you will find the Philippine Isles marked on your map a little above New Holland, and a pretty cluster of them there are. The Isle of Mathan, too, was visited. This isle was governed by two kings, one of whom refused to pay tribute to the King of Spain. Magellan was not a man to be trifled with. He immediately put himself at the head of sixty of his followers, wearing coats of mail and helmets. He was met by three bodies of the islanders, altogether about six thousand, armed with bows, arrows, darts, and javelins. A pretty situation for threescore men to be placed in! They fought

bravely, but where is the wisdom of sixty men contending with six thousand? Magellan was wounded in the leg with a poisoned arrow, and his helmet beaten off his head with stones. He was wounded in the right arm, brought to the ground, and stabbed and speared through his head and body. Thus ended the life of the en