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 South, without wating us much time as we had before done, to get to the Eatward, when we wanted to reach James's Ile. From the South the current et from three to four miles an hour, due North, and we had in general, thick, foggy weather. We frequently aw whales; and on the 16th of May, got ight of Wenam's Ile, bearing Wet North Wet, even or eight Leagues. It is mall, but of coniderable height, like Culpepper's Ile, and I make it in Latitude 1° 21′ North, and Longitude 91° 45′ Wet. The time of our propoed cruize off thee iles was expired, and the winds obliged me to tand away to the Eatward and Northward, with the trong current etting againt me, to the Wetward and Northward; o that I was fifteen days making Cape Blanco, the South Cape of the Gulf of Guiaquil, a ditance we had run before in four days. Half way over we fell in with a body of permaceti whales, we got up with them, though not without ome difficulty, and killed three, but were o unfortunate as to have two boats tove in the truggle.

Within Cape Blanco, we aw a ail crouding every thing from us, which induced us to conjecture that it was no longer peace between Great Britain and Spain. But this veel was too far up the Gulf, as well as in