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As soon as the barge was hoisted in, the frigate again made 

 sail off shore ; but a fortunate mistake caused the main-yard 

 to be squared about midnight, and at daybreak next morning 

 we were in a good position off the entrance of the river. The 

 Blonde then steered towards the land, and at nine anchored 

 near the River Leiibu, about a mile from Tucapel Head. 

 Every boat was hoisted out, and the work of embarkation pi-o- 

 ceeded rapidly. Though a swell made the ship roll heavily, 

 and delayed the boats along-side, the weather was so fine and 

 a south-east wind so favourable, that the quickness of going 

 and returning made amends for some delay in discharging each 

 cargo. At six in the evening, Captain Seymour came on board 

 with the last party of his crew, and at eight, the Blonde weighed 

 and made sail, before a fresh and favourable breeze. 



Most of the tents remained standing, being of very little 

 value, and some of the stores were left. For what was abandoned, 

 both there and at Molguilla, the commodore appointed Vogel- 

 borg to be agent, leaving him on the spot to take charge : and 

 he wisely asked one of the Chilians who lived in the neighbour- 

 hood, and had generally supplied the shipwrecked crew with 

 provisions, to join him in his undertaking. Between them they 

 might have recovered many things of value to individuals, but, 

 to the British Government, nothing worth the great expense of 

 carriage to Concepcion. 



Mr. Rouse sent his servants back by land, with his horses 

 and mules, and accompanied his esteemed friend, Captain Sey- 

 mour, in the Blonde. The numerous Indians and others whom 

 we left gathering round the encampment, in all probability saved 

 Vogelborg and his partner the trouble of taking care of much of 

 the property. They reminded me of the vultures which in those 

 countries gather round the places where men are slaughtering 

 cattle. 



During the night of the 6th, the Blonde passed rapidly north- 

 ward, running before a fresh southerly breeze ; and at eleven 

 in the morning of the 7th, she was off Point Tumbes, when 

 seeing a dismasted vessel, with an English blue ensign hoisted, 

 about five miles to the northward of us, the frigate stood towards 



