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more particularly to those of the latter gentlemen, who, as spectators, 

 had an opportunity of witnessing the whole proceedings. 



By three o'clock, Lieutenant Emmons, with the boats, was again 

 approaching the ship ; but the sea was still too rough to venture near 

 her, and it was not until five o'clock that he succeeded in getting 

 alongside, when the remaining men were distributed among the 

 boats, and embarked in good order. Captain Hudson being the last 

 to leave the ship. After a pull of two miles, they landed in Baker's 

 Bay, when Captain Hudson was received by the other officers and 

 men with three hearty cheers, the spontaneous expression of their 

 admiration and gratitude for the courage and conduct he had exhi- 

 bited in his efforts for the preservation of the ship, and in finally 

 preserving the lives of all. 



The exertions of the officers and men were not yet at an end ; for 

 some faint hopes were entertained that a portion of the property 

 might still be saved from the wreck as a relief in their state of utter 

 destitution; and, in consequence, the boats were despatched the next 

 morning at daybreak to the bar. But nothing was there to be seen 

 of the Peacock, except the cap of her bowsprit ; for her upper deck 

 had been separated, and the pieces scattered for many miles along 

 the coast. 



Captain Hudson passed the highest encomiums on his officers and 

 crew, for the faithful manner in which they continued to perform 

 their duties and carry out his orders to the very last. 



I am satisfied that every thing that seamanship could devise to 

 save the vessel, was resorted to ; and I am quite confident that when 

 the facts are all known and fully weighed by the community, the 

 conduct of Captain Hudson, and that of his officers and crew, in this 

 perilous and trying scene, will be considered as redounding to the 

 credit of the service. 



Mr. Burnie, the agent of the Hudson Bay Company at Astoria, 

 Messrs. Frost and Koen, the missionaries, with several residents, 

 came promptly to the aid of the shipwrecked crew, with provisions, 

 tents, cooking utensils, and clothing, all vying with each other in 

 affording assistance. 



When all hopes of getting any thing from the wreck were at an 

 end. Captain Hudson sent the crew to Astoria, in the boats, with 

 orders to form an encampment there, where they found an ample 

 supply of provisions in the stores that had been sent from the Sand- 

 wich Islands, in the Wave, and were supplied with clothing by the 



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