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 ituation, in which you may be otherwie mitaken, from the uncertain and trong currents, as well as the thick weather which is o prevalent there. As it tands by itelf there is no danger, and in Stephens's bay, thirty or forty ail may ride in afety, beides thoe which might go into the cove. Veels bound round Cape Horn to any part North of the Equator, or whalers on their voyage to the North or South Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Panama, will find thee ilands very convenient places for refitting and refrehment. They would alo in future erve as a place of rendezvous for Britih fihing hips, as they are contiguous to the bet fihing grounds.