268 FROM TRINIDAD GULF TO CHILOE. Sept. 1829. 
“© We left the gulf two days before I had expected to have 
done so; but we all rejoiced at our departure. No crew could 
have performed their duty more willingly than the Adelaide’s ; 
but such lengthened fatigue as they had undergone, was suffi- 
cient to make any men feel happy at the prospect of a respite. 
“It was a pleasing reflection to Lieutenant Graves and 
myself, that the orders had been fully executed ; that the coast 
we had passed was throughout well connected ; and that this 
service was concluded without any illness or accident among 
the crew, without any damage to the vessel, without any loss 
of boats, or even the slightest misfortune.” 
During the Adelaide’s passage to Childe, Lieutenant Skyring 
and his companion were assiduously employed in transferring 
their observations to paper, notwithstanding the violent motion 
of their little vessel, during ten days of rough weather. 
