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water in the holds, however, prevented much 

 being done. About mid-day, the Cacique Pi- 

 noleo, with his wife and daughter, and several 

 followers, arrived at our camp. He was on his 

 road to join his brother, the Cacique Colissi, 

 who had sent for more assistance to make head 

 against the hostile Indians, with whom he had 

 been fighting. After collecting and mustering 

 the Indians around our camp, and treating us 

 with their war-whoop, he left us to join his bro- 

 ther, strengthening his force with the greater 

 part of Rafael Lobo's Indians. The daily rou- 

 tine of mustering under arms, with every pre- 

 caution against a surprise during the night, was 

 duly attended to. The night was damp and 



Thursday^ May 28. — The weather moderate, 

 the wind northerly, with a damp fog. Except the 

 necessary attention to the stream-cable fasts, and 

 the working of the pumps, the crew were allowed a 

 respite from their previous daily hard labours, the 

 occupation of to-day being the arrangement of 

 the interior of the tents, and the examination of 

 their clothes and bedding, and likewise cleaning 

 and sweeping inside the barricade, and making 

 storage of the provisions. By the captain's order 



