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Landed at a missionary's house, and was informed by the mis- 

 sionary (Mr. Hardy) that the chief Pea had landed upon Savaii, 

 several miles from his house, about the time I appeared off' Manono. 



The news of our affair at Saluafata was known here soon after it 

 took place, which shows how fast information travels among these 

 people, and will in a measure account for the unfavourable result of 

 my cruise. 



During this day it came on to blow a gale from the northward ; got 

 the second cutter on board, and laid to, under snug sail, for the follow- 

 ing days, drifting to the northward and eastward. 



March 3d. Gale abating ; stood for the northeast end of Savaii, and 

 during the 4th and 5th, was employed cruising the island around, 

 sometimes so close as to make it necessary to sweep the schooner off, 

 without finding any harbours. However, being off a place called 

 Salelonga, on the southeast end of Savaii, w'here there is a harbour 

 reported to exist by the missionaries, I pulled in to examine for the 

 same, and after sounding out the various passages leading into the 

 reef, found but two deep enough to admit a ship, and these so crooked 

 and narrow as to make it impracticable to enter otherwise than by 

 warping, and the space inside too small to allow a ship to swing, with 

 a safe scope, at her anchor. Anchorage can, however, be obtained on 

 sandy bottom in from ten to eighteen fathoms water, close to the outer 

 entrance, in a comparatively sheltered berth, owing to the proximity 

 of Upolu, Manono, Apolima, and their surrounding reefs. 



Very respectfully, 



George F. Emmons, 



Lieutenant. 

 Captain Wm. L. Hudson, 



U. S. Ship Peacock. 



III. 



U. S. Ship Peacock, 

 Drummond's Island, 



April 9th, 1841. 

 Sir, — 



You will take charge of the boat expedition against the town of 

 Utiroa, where John Anderson has been seized and detained by the 

 natives. Your party will be formed into three divisions. Lieutenant 

 Emmons, assisted by Passed Midshipman Harrison, will take charge 

 of the first division; Lieutenant Perry, assisted by Passed Midshipman 

 Davis, will take charge of the second ; and Lieutenant De Haven, 

 assisted by Mr. Freeman (sail-maker), will take charge of the third 



