THE KINGS MILL ISLANDERS. 
109 
the property plundered in the several captures made by them, if any 
of it remained. 
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 104° W. Some of the patches were miles 
in extent, trending in a southeast-by-east and northwest-by-west direc¬ 
tion. On the map showing the currents and whaling-grounds, I have 
marked the spaces occupied in the North Pacific, over which the soft 
molluscs 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 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. 
K 
