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ricane, but had fortunately escaped any injury 

 from it, by taking refuge at a place called Cap 

 de los Reges, till its fury was expended ; but 

 the voyagers had been obliged to bivouack on 

 the naked rock, without shelter from the wea 

 ther, and with very scanty provisions. Dr. Esch- 

 scholtz, however, not in the slightest degree 

 disheartened by the difficulties he had under 

 gone, was quite ready to join the voyage I had 

 meditated for the examination of the adjacent 

 rivers. 



All our preparations were now completed ; 

 we again took on board our pilot Marco, and a 

 soldier from the Presidio, who offered to accom 

 pany us. On the 18th of November the weather 

 was favourable, and we set out with a barcasse 

 and a shallop, both well manned and provided 

 with every necessary, in company with the 

 Aleutian flotilla. At first we took the same 

 course I have before described, towards the 

 mission of St. Gabriel ; cutting through the 

 waters of the southern basin, and working our 

 way between the islands into the northern por 

 tion of the bay ; then adopting an easterly 

 course, so that St. Gabriel remained at a con- 



