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600. Passage Homeward.
17. Saw two Ships very far off.
18. Saw 3 New Enland Schooners cruising for whales sent a boat on board one who told us that he had yesterday spoke an outward bound Englishman who told him that all was peace in Europe & that the Spanyards had agreed to pay the Manilla ransom with interest in one year & a million of Dollars for damages done at Falklands Islands.
The vessel had by their own account been out 5 weeks & caught nothing they had chasd a whale 60 Leagues into Fyall harbour into which they could not follow it as the Portugese suffer no Whaler to go into any of their Ports in the Western Islands they had they said no meat on board but livd upon what they could catch they sold us readily 4 large Albacores saying that they could catch more as for American news King George they said had behavd very ill for some time but they had
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