porter's journal. 



not find me at Hood's Island, or if on your arrival you 

 should not receive different instructions from me. From 

 Tumbez I shall beat up the coast towards Lima ; and when 

 } shall have taken as many prizes as will render my return 

 to port necessary, I shall proceed to Conception, previous 

 to my going to Valparaiso, with a view of obtaining intelli- 

 gence of the British cruisers on the coast. Should you not 

 jfall in with me at Hood's Island, or at Tumbez, you will 

 follow me in my route ; and if you should touch at Co- 

 quimbo, inquire for letters for me, and open them, and do the 

 same at Conception. Should you not hear of me at Con- 

 ception or Valparaiso, you will endeavour to dispose of the 

 whole or a part of the cargo of the Georgiana, and will con- 

 tinue to make short cruises in the neighbourhood of the 

 .place, until my arrival, increasing your crew as circum- 

 stances may render it expedient or necessary, and securing 

 your prizes under the protection of the batteries, unless 

 you can dispose of them to advantage. If this cannot be 

 done, you will please consult the consul-general as to the 

 most proper person to be employed as agent, and do what- 

 ever may to you seem expedient to the good of all con- 

 cerned. 



Near some conspicuous tree or object which I shall mark, 

 not far from the landing-place at Hood's Island, I shall bury 

 a bottle containing farther instructions. I shall do the same 

 at Massafuero, should I touch there ; and prior to my de- 

 parture from Tumbez, if I should conclude on changing 

 my route from thence, and proceeding along the coast of 

 Mexico, I shall intimate my intentions of so doing by pre- 

 senting the governor or principal person there with a rifle. 

 Should you be certain of my having done this you will pro- 

 ceed to Quibo, and, near the watering-place marked A in 

 the chart, I shall leave farther instructions in a bottle, at 

 the root of a marked tree. It is possible that I may leave 

 a letter for you, directed to the commander of the Geor- 

 giana, at Tumbez. I c?Jculate on cruising oiT Cape Bian- 

 co some time before and after going into Tumbez, so that I 

 think it highly probable that you will find me there, an event 

 very much desired by me. It is even possible that I may 

 stop at the island of Plata ; should it be in your way, look 

 in there, and search the landing for marked trees, and a 

 bottle containing a letter. 



