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cerned in the murders committed there in 1833, 

 He had been released, and was a passenger from 

 Rio de Janeiro, to be landed at Valparaiso ; but 

 he had frequently exhibited such symptoms of 

 mental derangement, that it became necessary to 

 secure him in his hammock. On the day the 

 evening of which we were wrecked, he had 

 been unusually unruly, and was therefore placed 

 under restraint. In the moment of the greatest 

 danger, on the striking of the ship amongst the 

 breakers, one of the first who ran on deck was 

 the Spaniard, with scarcely any covering on him. 

 He must have broken away from the lashings 

 which secured him, appeared perfectly sane, and 

 prepared to assist in the duties of the ship ; and, 

 singular to relate, on no occasion afterwards, 

 during the whole time of our stay on the shores 

 of Chili, was there observed any return of wild- 

 ness. He was very useful in the camp, from his 

 skill in cutting out and applying the hides of the 

 bullocks to the fabrication of moccassins. 



TVednesday, May ^Tif, — The wind northerlj^ 

 with thick weather and fog. One watch was 

 occupied at the wreck, getting out any unda- 

 maged articles of provisions, private property, or 

 stores that could be got at. The quantity of 



