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 It is of a moderate height, and of a verdant haggy appearance, from the large buhes or low trees that cover it. Its length is from ix to even miles; and the Wetern ide is an entire cliff of an inacceible appearance. A few mall ilets appear off the South end of it.

In a war with Spain this iland would form an excellent tation, as well as a place to look out and accommodate the ick, as it lies four leagues from the nearet main land, which is Cape Lorenzo. A hip getting in there, when it was dark, would not be dicovered, if her ails were handed, the land being much higher than her mat head; unles the people on board betrayed her ituation by ome act of indicretion, as making too much fire, the moke of which might dicover them. It is true that a veel might ecape by keeping an offing; but in o fine a climate as this, the long boats might form a chain to the Galapagoes, which is as far Wet as any hips are known to pas.

We continued a very aiduous earch up the coat for whales, carrying an eay ail by day, and laying too at night, with an hourly expectation that we hould fall in with them; but no whales hewed themelves, except ome of the humpbacked pecies.