in that ſtate into the ſea, was thrown into his head, and deprived him of his ſight for ſeveral days; I was very apprehenſive, that he would never recover it, but by placing him in warm water, frequently, in the courſe of the day, the raſh returned to his thighs and legs, and by degrees, his ſight was reſtored.
The hope of more favorable weather, and of better ſucceſs, in our commercial objects, induced me to remain cruiſing here ſixteen days; during which period, we ſaw whales, three different times, and killed three of them. One was a ſmall one, meaſuring 15 feet, which we hoiſted on board, and of which I made a drawing; its heart was cooked in a ſea-pye, and afforded an excellent meal. Theſe whales were very poor, having ſcarce blubber enough, to float them on the ſurface of the water, and when ſkinned, their carcaſſes ſunk like a ſtone. They yielded altogether but fifteen barrels of oil.
The weather remained unpleaſant, there being ſcarcely any interval for the better, for twenty hours, with a ſtrong Southerly current of half a mile an hour. The whole crew had been, more or leſs, affected by the yellow fever, from which horrid diſorder; I was, however, ſo fortunate, as to recover them, by