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APPENDIX. 



Arauco to detach a force sufficient to protect the wreck 5 

 but it was well known that officer was in no condition to 

 affi^rd any effectual assistance in this manner; and that 

 it would be as well to take into consideration what kind 

 of enemies the Araucanos were, the distance of Mol- 

 quilla from the Chilian frontier, and the advanced state 

 of the season, which rendered the roads to Arauco 

 exceedingly difficult, and almost impassable for ship- 

 wrecked seamen, and the transportation of stores. His 

 Majesty's Consul added, that he concurred in the correct- 

 ness of all the preceding observations as to the situation 

 of the encampment. 



Whereupon it was also resolved, that the Consul 

 should be requested to make application to the military 

 commandant of Arauco, now present at the encampment 

 with a few militia, soliciting, that whenever it became 

 necessary to abandon the wreck, he would be pleased to 

 station there a force sufficient for its protection, and that 

 of the remaining stores, until such time as the senior 

 officer in the Pacific should be able to take measures for 

 saving as much as possible ; and also that public notice 

 should be given to the effect, that all persons who might 

 succeed in saving any part of the wreck or its remain- 

 ing stores for the benefit of His Majesty's government, 

 would be rewarded with the customary salvage upon 

 bringing the same to a place of security, and delivery to 

 any of His Majesty's Consuls. 



To the truth of the aforegoing we are ready to make 

 oath when required, and in witness whereof we hereunto 

 subscribe our names to this and two others of the same 

 tenor and date, at the place, and on the day, month, and 

 year first and before mentioned in the presence of His 



