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 STUART— HIS RESCUE — DEATH 



— FIRST ICEBERG — DIP OBSERVATIONS — WEATHER -ICEBERGS AND SNOW— GALE— 

 SITUATION OF PEACOCK— BIRDS — AURORA AUSTRALIS— DEEP-SEA SOUNDING— FOG — 

 PETRELS— BREAKING 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— DETERMINATION 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-VINCENNES' ARRIVAL 

 AT VALPARAISO — ARRIVAL OF PORPOISE AND FLYING-FISH - HEAVY GALE — SEA- 

 GULL LAST SEEN— WHALER. 



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