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lock, but received an answer that all the cows 

 belonged to the women, who would not part 

 with them. 



At 10 A. M. steam being up, we got under 

 weigh ; and after firing a blank cartridge over the 

 town, we proceeded on our course a few miles, 

 when we got into shoal water. On getting off 

 the engine would not work, in consequence of 

 the cylinder again filling with hot water, and we 

 were obliged to come to an anchor in two fa- 

 thoms water. — Carpenter, mate, engineer, and 

 one English seamen, very ill. 



The following day, December 15th, being 

 Sunday, we performed divine service. For the 

 last three days we had had very heavy dews and 

 cold nights. Thermometer during the day, 81° ; 

 in the night, 68". A dense fog continued several 

 hours after sunrise. — At six in the morning I 

 ordered steam to be got up ; but the cylinder 

 again filled with hot water. The boilers were 

 cleaned out and carefully examined. 



The next morning at 9 a. m. we got the steam 

 up, but were again prev>nted from proceeding 

 by the filling of the cylinder. The steam was 

 suffered to escape, and the fires drawn. It was 

 extremely annoying to be thus troubled with the 



