portek's JOCRNA-L, 



113 



Ship Samuel, 

 Sterling, 

 Henry, 



William Pcnn, 



President, 



Sukey, 



Perseverando, 



Monticeiio, 



Atlas, 



Gardner, 



Chili, 



Lima, 



Renown, 



George, 



Charles, 



Barclay, 



Walker, 



Thomas- 



Captain Coleman^ 

 Swain, 

 Gardner, 

 W. Gardner, 

 Folger, 

 Macey, 

 Paddock, 

 Coffin, 

 Joy, 

 Ray, 

 Gardner, 

 Swain, 

 Barnard, 

 Worth, 

 Gardner. 

 Randall, 

 West 



Whip'ple, (doubtful.) 



British Ships on the Coast of Peru and Qhili. 



^hip Nimrod, 



Perseverance, 



Seringapatam, 



Carleton, 



Catharine, 



Thames, 



Greenwich, 



Montezuma, 



Rose, 



Sirius, 



Captain Perry, no figure head, 

 King, a tigure head. 

 Stivers, a figure head, 

 Allero, a figure head, 

 Folger, a figure head, 

 Bomon, 



Baxter, 



Monroe, has a poop, 

 Has a figure head, is a low ship. 



These were all the vessels the names of which they 

 could at the moment recollect ; but they assured me that 

 the number of British whalers now on the coast of Chili 

 and Peru, did not amount to less than twenty, all fine ships 

 of not less than four hundred tons burthen ; and that their 

 cargoes in England would be worth two hundred thousand 

 dollars each, which, agreeable to this estimate, would be 

 upwards of four millions of British property now exposed 

 to us ; for I did not conceive that their whole force united 

 would be a match for the Essex. Besides the capture and 



VOL. I. 



