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 This was an undertaking that few, who had uffered as I had done, from the yellow fever, in the prions of New Spain, as well as from all the horrors of a rainy eaon on that coat, would have encountered; but I was peruaded, within myelf, that there mut be plenty of permaceti whales on this coat; and it was very evident, that if ucceful in killing them in the rainy eaon, it mut be much more eaily done in the dry eaon. At all events, I was determined to make the experiment.

On leaving the Ile Cocas, we tood away to the Wetward and Northward, in the hope of, avoiding the rain in ome degree, by keeping at a mall ditance from the land.

On the firt of Augut we were in Latitude by obervation 9° 2′, and Longitude corrected 90° 0′ Wet. We bettered our weather greatly; but the heat was almot intolerable; the thermometer tanding at 86°, and the barometer at 29-7-8; the wind now began to vary to the Eatward.

On the third of Augut our Latitude was 9° 30′ and Longitude corrected 89° 44′. The bad weather returned and continued with frequent tornados and heavy rain.