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o'clock, A. M. we got under sail, with a very faint 

 land wind. M. Pinto, who had passed the night 

 on board the Rurick, received our hearty thanks 

 for his kindness, and thus we parted from him, and 

 from the shore, where we had passed several very 

 happy days. It was with pleasure that we saw the 

 inhabitants sorry to part with us. My crew, whom 

 I had daily sent on shore to strengthen them for 

 the approaching voyage, gratefully acknowledged 

 the friendly reception of the people, and behaved 

 with propriety, by which they inspired a very fa- 

 vourable opinion of the Russian character. At 

 the house where I had lived, I had a copper-plate 

 put up, on which was inscribed the name of the 

 ship, and the date of the year j by which our 

 hostess felt herself much flattered. Barraud's chro- 

 nometer now lost in 24 hours 4% 4, and Hardy's 

 49% 5, 



Lieutenant Zacharin, who, during our stay in 

 Brazil, had lived constantly on shore, was now so 

 far recovered, that his services could be of use to 

 us. The whole crew were now in excellent health, 

 except our smith, who, in spite of all that the phy- 

 sicians did for him, could not recover his health. 



