South, without waſting us much time as we had before done, to get to the Eaſtward, when we wanted to reach James's Iſle. From the South the current ſet from three to four miles an hour, due North, and we had in general, thick, foggy weather. We frequently ſaw whales; and on May 16.the 16th of May, got ſight of Wenam's Iſle, bearing Weſt North Weſt, ſeven or eight Leagues. It is ſmall, but of conſiderable height, like Culpepper's Iſle, and I make it in Latitude 1° 21′ North, and Longitude 91° 45′ Weſt. The time of our propoſed cruize off theſe iſles was expired, and the winds obliged me to ſtand away to the Eaſtward and Northward, with the ſtrong current ſetting againſt me, to the Weſtward and Northward; ſo that I was fifteen days making Cape Blanco, the South Cape of the Gulf of Guiaquil, a diſtance we had run before in four days. Half way over we fell in with a body of ſpermaceti whales, we got up with them, though not without ſome difficulty, and killed three, but were ſo unfortunate as to have two boats ſtove in the ſtruggle.
Within Cape Blanco, we ſaw a ſail crouding every thing from us, which induced us to conjecture that it was no longer peace between Great Britain and Spain. But this veſſel was too far up the Gulf, as well as in