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island, at any time while our party was there, was an old Monte 

 Video (Banda Oriental) ensign, which belonged to the schooner 

 when I bought her from Mr. Low. This incident, trifling as it 

 is, may be worth notice, as showing how necessary it is to 

 be more circumspect and explanatory in every dealing with a 

 small State, tlian in similar transactions with the Authorities of 

 old established governments. 



The month of November was passed at Monte Video : lay- 

 ing down chart- work, computing observations, and writing ; 

 procuring and stowing provisions ; painting the vessels outside 

 and blacking their rigging ; and occasionally giving the crews 

 leave to go ashore. Mr. Darwin returned at the end of the 

 month; and the first week in December both vessels sailed 

 from the river : but before I go on with them to Tierra del 

 Fuego and the Falklands, some pages shall be devoted to the 

 proceedings of our enterprizing and hard-working labourers, 

 who were employed so zealously during twelve months without 

 intermission, in the little vessels Paz and Liebre. 



y copias inclusas que S. E. el Sr. D. Francisco Llambi, Ministro Secre- 

 tario de Negocios Extrangeros le hiz6 el honor de dirigirle en 22 del 

 corriente ; y el infrascripto se halla autorizado para decir que ni el 3 de 

 Octubre, de 1833, ni otro dia alguno del presente aiio se ha enarbolado 

 o desplegado en la Isla de Gorriti la Bandera de la nacion Britanica. EI 

 3 de Octubre de 1833, y muchos dias anteriores, la de este Estado fu& 

 izada como un senal para D. Francisco Aguilar, avisandole que se iva a 

 embiar un bote en busca de came y comestibles. La casa de madera con 

 vidriera que se dice ser habitada por el comandante, es un observatorio 

 portatil hecho en Inglaterra, que ahora se halla en la Isla de Ratas de 

 este Puerto ; y ninguno de los edificios de la Isla de Gorriti, ha sido repa- 

 rado por persona alguna bajo las drdenes del Comandante Fitz-Roy : lo 

 que el abajo firmado comunica a SE. saludandole con su particular consi- 

 deracion y aprecio. 



(Firmado) " Tomas Samuel Hood." 



