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N the thirteenth of May, having over-hauled the rigging, caulked, wooded, &c. we et ail with the intention to cruize for even days off Rock Rodondo, and then to proceed to the Iles Saint Felix and Saint Ambroe, on the coat of Chili. We accordingly hove to for the night, off the North end of Albemarle Ile, and at break of day, aw everal permaceti whales, of which we killed two. The winds had et in from the Southward and Eatward, with a trong Northerly current; o that all our endeavours were in vain to get to the Wetward and round to the