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PORTER'S JOURNAL. 



in the ship. The surgeon's report of this day was as tbU 

 lows: 



John Lingham, seaman, Contused hand 

 Adam Roach, quarter-gunner, Contused wrist and arm 

 Thomas Charlton, seaman. Contused shoulder and foot 

 Thomas Milbourn, do. Debility from diarrhoea *■ ? 

 Henry Kennedy do. Ulcer on the leg 



Benjamin Hamilton, do. Venereal disease ' 

 Thomas Mitchell, do. Pain in the side 

 John H. Parsall, do. Do. do. 



William Burton, boy, Fain in the bowels 

 Robert Scatterly, seaman, Sprained ankle 

 George Young, do. Rheumatism 



Wm. M'Donald, drummer, do. 

 Total on the sick list, 12. 



(Signed) ROBERT MILLER, Surgeormr 



We were all in high spirits, and in momentary expecta-^ 

 tion of falling in with some of the enemy's ships. It was 

 my intention now to look into Mocha, a small uninhabited 

 island on the coast of Chili, in the latitude of about SS" 15', 

 and about eight leagues distant from the coast. This place, 

 I had understood, was a resort for the British vessels employ- 

 ed in smuggling, and in the whale fishery on the coast ; and 

 from thence I intended to proceed to St. Maria, another 

 uninhabited island, about leagues farther north, also fre- 

 quented by them. From those vessels I hoped to be ena« 

 bled to procure such provisions and other supplies as we 

 were in want of, and thereby render our going into Con- 

 ception unnecessary, as I was desirous of doing the enemy 

 as much injury as possible, without giving any alarm on 

 the coast. 



But, before I proceed farther, I shall take this opportunity 

 of offering some hints to those who may succeed me in at- 

 tempting the passage around Cape Horn. This I feel my- 

 self the more authorized to do, as we have effected it in, 

 perhaps, a shorter time, with less damage, and labouring 

 under more disadvantages, than any others who ever at- 

 tempted it ; and that too at an unfavourable season of the 

 year, against a constant succession of obstinate and violent 

 gales of wind* And I am the more strongly induced to 



