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was manifested by our guides from Napa, who were 

 evidently acting under much constraint. 

 May, Lieutenant Wainwright, who, since leaving Sdn 



Francisco, had been an invalid, having suffered severely 

 from a disease of the heart, was provided with a horse 

 by the natives, and permitted to ride every day for his 

 health. He was attended by a guide, and received 

 much kindness and attention from the humane Loo 

 Chooans, who, though they often gave us many rea- 

 sons to suspect the purity of their intentions, were, 

 by their acts, certainly entitled to our gratitude. 



On the 19th we received a bullock weighing lOOlbs., 

 five pigs, a bag of sweet potatoes, some firewood, and 

 some more water. Several of the officers landed and 

 walked into the country, attended by the natives, who 

 endeavoured by every species of cunning, and even by 

 falsehood, to prevent their going near the villages, or 

 penetrating far inland. We had again a ship full of 

 visiters, and the two artists were employed the greater 

 part of the day in completing their drawing, which 

 they refused to part with. After the strangers were 

 gone on shore, a thermometer that was kept upon 

 deck for the purpose of registering the temperature 

 was missed, and the natural conclusion was, that it 

 had attracted the attention of some of our visiters, 

 who, it must be remembered, were of all classes. 



It was a curious coincidence, but I believe perfectly 

 accidental, that the day after the instrument was 

 missed not a single person came off to the ship, except 

 those employed in bringing water : when An-yar came 

 on board the next morning I made our loss known 

 to him ; he was much distressed at hearing of it, and 

 said he would nmke every inquiry about it on shore, 

 and added—" plenty Doo Choo man teef— plenty 



