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to rest, and whilst there Mr. Heaven and his 

 family drove up in a coach. They had left Tepic 

 before daylight, and fortunately had met with 

 no interruption on the road. We returned to 

 San Bias together, where they took up their 

 quarters, at a house belonging to Mr. Barron. 



That evening Mr. Heaven dined with me on 

 board. We had parted for the night, and I was 

 about to retire, when he came alongside again 

 in a canoe, having been warned by a friendly 

 Indian, in Lozada's service, that orders had 

 been sent from Tepic to arrest him and take 

 him back to the city. Under these circum- 

 stances I thought it advisable to make him 

 comfortable on board for the night, and to send 

 an officer with a guard of bluejackets to pro- 

 tect the house. The next morning Lozada's 

 people called for Mr. Heaven, and were not a 

 little disappointed to find that the bird had 

 flown, and a party of English seamen, armed to 

 the teeth, were in possession of the premises. 

 As Mr. Heaven was the representative of a 

 wealthy house, and moreover possessed of almost 



