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ſituation, in which you may be otherwiſe miſtaken, from the uncertain and ſtrong currents, as well as the thick weather which is ſo prevalent there. As it ſtands by itſelf there is no danger, and in Stephens's bay, thirty or forty ſail may ride in ſafety, beſides thoſe which might go into the cove. Veſſels bound round Cape Horn to any part North of the Equator, or whalers on their voyage to the North or South Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Panama, will find theſe iſlands very convenient places for refitting and refreſhment. They would alſo in future ſerve as a place of rendezvous for Britiſh fiſhing ſhips, as they are contiguous to the beſt fiſhing grounds.
