ten thouſand tons of oil from the ſame animals, if he had poſſeſſed a ſufficient number of caſks to have contained it.
I recommended him to proceed to James's Iſle, and offered him a copy of a chart, which I had received from Mr. Stephens, which would direct him to the watering place, deſcribed by the Buccaneers, whoſe information I had no reaſon to doubt: but if he had no faith in it, he might go to Iſle Cocas or Quibo, where I had procured plenty; but no perſuaſion of mine, however, had any weight, as his principal object appeared to be that I ſhould accompany him. In addition to my other inclinations to render him every ſervice in my power, the ſeveral acts of civility I had received from Mr. Perry of Blackwall, one of his owners, had the greateſt weight with me; and underſtanding his intention was alſo to continue in company to our arrival in England, I undertook to ſhew him the way into port.
In conſequence of light winds, thick weather and ſtrong Northerly currents, we were driven as far North as 1° 5′, and ſaw Culpepper's Iſle, which is to a conſiderable height, though it is of ſmall extent, but the weather was
