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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 the Anatifa and Velella, 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 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. 
KINGSM1LL IDOL. 
