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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, ETC. 



The two men, Wood and Kirby, were given over to the consul of 

 Her Britannic Majesty. 



By the 21st, they had embarked the provisions and finished the 

 necessary repairs, when they sailed for the Columbia river. 



In the latitude of 40° N., they met with Anatifa and Vellela, the 

 ocean being literally covered with them : these continued to latitude 

 43° N., and between the longitude of 154° and 157° W. The tem- 

 perature of the air was 51°, that of the water 53°. The weather had 

 now become cold, damp, and cloudy. Until they reached the latitude 

 of 45° N., they had the wind constantly from the eastern quarter; but 

 after passing that parallel, it veered to the west-southwest, and so con- 

 tinued for several days, when it hauled to the southeast, and remained 

 between that point and south, until they reached soundings off the 

 bar of the Columbia river, on the 17th of July, the day prior to the 

 wreck, of which I have already spoken. 



I cannot close this account of the cruise of the Peacock and Flying- 

 Fish, without saying a few words in relation to the activity which this 

 cruise evinces in Captain Hudson, his officers, and crew : this will be 

 shown in a strong light, by stating the simple fact, that during this 

 voyage the Peacock had sailed upwards of nineteen thousand miles ; 

 was two hundred and sixty days at sea, and only twenty-two in port; 

 and that during the whole time, although they were exposed to great 

 vicissitudes of climate, and had been long on short allowance, they 

 returned to port without a single sick man on board. 



KINGSMILL IDOL. 



