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 with the whales, though they were running fat to the Southward, and appeared to be larger than any that had been een by thoe in puruit of them. There being light airs, and calms alternately, the hip followed but lowly: the fihers truck everal whales, but were not o fortunate as to kill any of them.

The people in the boats, had now been away everal hours, and were o far ditant, that the hips top-ails, to them, were in the horizon; the day alo was far advanced, and puruing the whales, in the direction they were running, would be till increaing their ditance, without flattering hope, of aving the fih, if they killed them; everal water-pouts were viible in the horizon, accompanied by ditant thunder and lightning, with a threatening ky; all thee circumtances combined, obliged them, for elf-preervation, reluctantly to give up the chacechase [sic], and by the time they reached the hip, from the vat quantity of water they had drank, and the exceive heat of the weather, (which was in no mall degree increaed by the fatigue undergone, and diappointment occaioned by their fruitles exertions) the whole of my crew were eized with a evere icknes, and one of them was o cramped, that he would certainly have expired, if he had not almot intantly, on his return, been immered in warm water. Another broke out in a violent rah from head to foot, which, by his plunging