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FUEGIANS RE-EMBARK. 



1831. 



steam-vessel, at Plymouth, and not a few boats were required 

 to transport to our ship the large cargo of clothes, tools, 

 crockery-ware, books, and various things which the families 

 at Walthamstow and other kind-hearted persons had given. 

 In the small hold of the Beagle, it was not easy to find places 

 for the stowage of so many extra stores ; and when dividing the 

 contents of large chests, in order to pack them diiFerently, 

 some very fair jokes were enjoyed by the seamen, at the ex- 

 pense of those who had ordered complete sets of crockery- 

 ware, without desiring that any selection of articles should be 

 made. 



Instructions were given, by the Secretary of the Church 

 Missionary Society, to the young man who wished to accom- 

 pany the Fuegians, which will be found in the Appendix ; 

 and although he was rather too young, and less experienced 

 than might have been wished, his character and conduct had 

 been such as to give very fair grounds for anticipating that 

 he would, at least, sincerely endeavour to do his utmost in 

 a situation so difficult and trying as that for which he volun- 

 teered. 



