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 econd the weather moderated, but became very changeable and foggy, with alternate calms and light winds. The night was moit with heavy dews, the colour of the ea frequently changed and there was much broken and white water. I kept the deep ea-lead contantly employed, but found no bottom at one hundred and fifty fathom, in Latitude 13° 33′ North. The winds wetered on us and were ucceeded by light and changeable breezes till we got into the Latitude 12° 48′, when we fell in with innumerable flights of thoe birds which are known to follow whale, and of which we had not een uch numbers ince we were earching for the Ile Grande in the Atlantic Ocean.

On the ixteenth we aw a ail to the Southward between us and the hore, and tanding to the Northward and Wetward. At noon, being in Latitude 12° 14′ 15″ North, we hove too to peak to her, our oundings were ixty fathoms, the volcano of Guatamala bearing North Eat by North, ditant ten or eleven leagues. The veel neared us coniderably by one o'clock, and diplayed Spanih colours: when it proved calm I ent the boat with the whaling mater to board her, which he accordingly did, and returned with two heep, ix fowls, twelve tongues, everal pumpkins and two bags of bread. The upercargo, who accompanied this preent, brought an excue from the mater of the veel,