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Captain Hudson, on the 8th, gave Mr. Knox orders to survey and 

 land on Korsakoff, and thence proceed to Oahu, with all despatch ; 

 upon which the Peacock and tender parted company, for the purpose 

 of avoiding detention by sailing together. The Peacock lost the 

 trades in latitude 24° N. On the 18th, Captain Hudson was obliged 

 to issue an order to put a stop to the exercise of the guns, on account 

 of the decayed state of their carriages. On the 19th, they passed 

 near the position of the doubtful island of Patrocinio, but without 

 seeing any land. On the 20th, they fell in with great quantities of 

 Janthina: this was in latitude 26° N., longitude 168° E. On the 

 21st, in latitude 28° 54' N., longitude 177° E., the Anatifa were 

 met with : they continued in vast quantities as far as latitude 35° 

 N., and were seen as far east as longitude 164° W. Some of the 

 patches were miles in extent, trending in a southeast-by-east and 

 northwest-by-west direction. On the map showing the currents 

 and whaling-grounds, I have marked the spaces occupied in the 

 North Pacific, over which the soft mollusc have been found. By 

 our observations it is equal in area to four hundred thousand square 

 miles. The currents experienced on this cruise will be found 

 exhibited on the Track Map, in the small atlas, as well as the 

 winds. 



On the 5th of June, they fell in with the whale-ship Magnolia, 

 which supplied them with about two hundred gallons of water, and 

 a few potatoes. On the 13th, in latitude 24° N., they again found 

 the trades. 



On the 14th, they made the island of Oahu, but falling under 

 the lee of the island, Captain Hudson despatched Lieutenant Perry 

 and Mr. Speiden, the purser, to order the necessary supplies for the 

 ship at Honolulu, to avoid any unnecessary detention there ; they did 

 not, however, reach their destination until late in the evening of the 

 same day, where they found the Flying-Fish had arrived the day 

 previous. Our consul, Mr. Brinsmade, hearing that the Peacock 

 was in the offing, with his usual kindness and attention, filled a boat 

 with provisions, and went off to her ; these proved a very acceptable 

 treat after the short allowance they had been on for the previous sixty 

 days. 



On the morning of the 16th, the Peacock anchored in the port of 

 Honolulu. Captain Hudson now made every exertion to take in 

 provisions, and overhaul the ship ; the crew were allowed liberty of 

 twenty-four hours, by dividing them into three parts, and one-third 

 permitted to go ashore at a time, while the rest attended to the duty. 



