1 86 CRUISE OF THE BARRERA 



About dark Torre arrived from the lighthouse, 

 in the auxiliary, full of enthusiasm over the day's 

 results but, on the other hand, depressed by the 

 necessity of returning to Havana. A wireless 

 message had brought him information of a death 

 in his family. Mr. Simpson regretfully took this 

 opportunity to return also, he having already 

 remained away over his time limit. About 

 10 o'clock at night, the weather conditions being 

 fine, Torre and Simpson departed for La Fe in the 

 auxiliary in charge of Matas, the mate, where, all 

 going well, they expected to arrive in time to take 

 the early morning stage to Mendoza, some thirty 

 miles beyond, and thence train for Havana. Their 

 departure cast a gloom upon us all, for besides 

 keenly missing them both, we felt that their depar- 

 ture marked the turning point in our expedition. 

 From that time on we seemed to be on the way 

 back rather than proceeding on. 



Monday, May 25th. Having accomplished all 

 that seemed possible in the two previous days 

 about the region east of Cape Cajon, we determined 

 to devote this day to the western extremity of 

 Antonio and to explore the heavier forests back 

 of the lighthouse. Cape San Antonio consists 



