lay at anchor; and is, I preſume, the remarkable mountain which Lord Anſon miſtook for part of Quibo as mentioned in his voyage. Indeed, a good look out on the top of this iſland may be neceſſary for many obvious reaſons, as it commands the whole coaſt and bay. We intended going to ſea February 17.the ſeventeenth at day-light, but the difficulty we had in purchaſing the anchor from the good quality of the bottom, delayed us until the ſea breeze ſet in, ſo that we could not ſail till 18.the eighteenth. We ſaw while here one ſail, and ſhe was ſteering to the South, between Quibo and the main. On leaving Quibo, we cruized between the Iſle Quicara, and Cape Mariatto, till 28.the laſt day of February; during which time, we killed ſeven whales; ſix of which we got along ſide, and loſt one by breaking a drift in the night. We afterwards ſaw another, but it was ſo blaſted as to be of no uſe. As the Sun now drew near the equator, and long calms were to be expected, it became neceſſary for us to reach the Galipagoe Iſles before they commenced; where we propoſed, (as the whaling buſineſs had failed,) to procure ſalt, for the purpoſe of ſalting ſeal-ſkins at the Iſlands of Saint Felix, and Saint Ambroſe, in Latitude 26° 15′ South.
