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 for his making ail from us, which he attributed to the variable winds and his great anxiety to get to Acapulco, to which place he was bound from Lima. From this peron I learned that Louis the Sixteenth King of France, had been beheaded by his own ubjects, that the two Nations of Great Britain and France were engaged in war, and that there were on the Coat of Peru, a French privateer, two nows and a chooner, which had already captured everal veels. I ent the Spanih upercargo back to his hip, with a quantity of wine, rum, porter and cheee, which, far exceeded in value the preent I had received, but it was impoible by any argument I could employ to procure any addition to it. The whaling mater who was twice on board the Spanih veel, might, on the firt viit have had his boat filled with whatever he had demanded; but on his econd appearance, the Spanih Commander had recovered his pirits but lot his liberality, for he would not part with any thing more. From his general converation, and the manner in which he tated the probability of our being taken by the French cruiers as we went down the coat, we had ome reaon to believe that Great Britain was at war with Spain as well as France.

We oon parted company with the Spanih trader, and tood to the South, ditancing the land, at the ame time,