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 Captain Hunt to leave Port Egmont, and to forbear the navigation of thee eas, without permiion from the King of Spain.

this Captain Hunt replied by repeating his former claim; by declaring that his orders were to keep poeion; and by once more warning the Spaniards to depart.

next month produced more protets and more replies, of which the tenour was nearly the ame. The operations of uch harmles enmity having produced no effect, were then reciprocally dicontinued, and the Englih were left for a time to enjoy the pleaures of Falkland’s Iland without moletation.

tranquillity, however, did not lat long. A few months afterwards (June 4, 1770) the Indutry, a Spanih frigate, commanded by an officer whoe name was Madariaga, anchored in Port Egmont, bound, as