CHAPTER VIII. 
CONTENTS. 
DEPARTURE OF PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH — GALE — RETURN TO ANCHOR — FINAL 
DEPARTURE— DIEGO RAMIERES— GALE— SEPARATION— DEFECTIVE OUTFITS OF PEACOCK- 
CURRENT— GALE— ACCIDENT TO WILLIAM STEWART— HIS RESCUE— DEATH— FIRST ICE- 
BERG—DIP OBSERVATIONS— WEATHER— ICEBERGS AND SNOW — GALE — SITUATION OF 
PEACOCK— BIRDS— AURORA AUSTRALIS— DEEP SEA SOUNDING— FOG— PETRELS — BREAK- 
ING ASUNDER OF ICEBERGS— DENSE FOG— DANGERS — SNOW-STORM — OBSERVATIONS— 
FLYING-FISH REJOINS — LIEUTENANT WALKER'S REPORT — SITUATION OF VESSELS- 
COUNCIL OF OFFICERS-CAPTAIN HUDSON RESOLVES TO RETURN— WEATHER— AURORA- 
GALE— SHIP ON FIRE — FLYING-FISH DESPATCHED FOR ORANGE HARBOUR — GALE- 
ACCIDENT TO ROYAL HOPE— PHOSPHORESCENCE OF SEA — WHALE SHIP— ARRIVAL OF 
PEACOCK AT VALPARAISO — FIND THE RELIEF — LIEUTENANT-COMMANDANT LONG'S 
INSTRUCTIONS— DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED— GALE— TOWER ROCKS— ANCHOR UNDER 
NOIR ISLAND-DANGEROUS POSITION— LOSS OF ANCHORS— AWFUL NIGHT— PART CABLES 
—NARROW ESCAPE— CONDUCT OF COMMANDANT AND OFFICERS— COUNCIL— DETERMINA- 
TION OF IT— PROCEED TO VALPARAISO— ARRIVAL OFF THE PORT— COMMANDANT LOCKE, 
H. B. M. SHIP FLY— RELIEF ANCHORS— ARRIVAL OF FLYING-FISH AT ORANGE HARBOUR- 
PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE — WINDS — TEMPERATURE — BAROMETRICAL RANGE— 
CLIMATE-ANIMALS-WOLF-BIRDS-ORANGE HARBOUR-VINCENNES AND PORPOISE TAKE 
THEIR DEPARTURE— SEA-GULL AND FLYING-FISH TO AWAIT THE RELIEF— ANCHOR IN 
SCAPENHAM BAY— GALE— ORANGE BAY— FINAL DEPARTURE— VINCENNES AND PORPOISE 
PART COMPANY— ALBATROSS — DYSENTERY— ISLAND OF MOCHA— TRADE WINDS— VIN- 
CENNES' ARRIVAL AT VALPARAISO— ARRIVAL OF PORPOISE AND FLYING-FISH— HEAVY 
GALE-SEA-GULL LAST SEEN— WHALER. 
