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and Sir Andrew Hammond for Rio de Janeiro, by the way 

 of Valparaiso ; and deeming it necessary to send midship- 

 man Clapp in the former, for the purpose of condemning 

 her in the vice-admiralty court, Heut. Gamble was in con- 

 sequence, to his extreme regret, separated from that valu- 

 able friend. The Cherub now bore away for the islarid of 

 fVaohoo, but, owing to light winds, and a strong current set- 

 ting to leeward, she did not reach it until the 28th. It ap- 

 peared, at first, to be the intention of Captain Tucker to 

 look into Whyateetee Bay, and to try his fortune with the 

 proprietor or king. But that king was Maha, whom Cap- 

 tain Tucker had so shamefully treated on board the Sir 

 Andrew Hammond, at the time of her capture ; and there 

 was also another Winship near him, to consult and advise 

 with. Captain Tucker was likewise well aware that he 

 had exasperated the king of Otooi, as well as Maha, and 

 the survivors of his forty companions, by depriving them 

 of their paie, dried fish, and iron hoops ; and that it was 

 more than probable, some of these had returned to Waohoo, 

 and stirred up a just resentment against him. Under these 

 circumstances, therefore, he considered it prudent not ta. 

 touch at Waohoo^ and stood directly for Owyhee, 



My readers may well imagine, that the situation of lieut.. 

 Gamble on board the Cherub, was not one of the most 

 agreeable. Unable to take exercise on account of the 

 severity of his wound ; shut up among strangers, on board 

 a ship of war, in a warm climate ; at an almost hopeless 

 distance from his native country, and with no prospect of 

 reaching it within a reasonable period : it is no wonder 

 that he regretted even his separation from the island of 

 Mooaheevah, and sighed heartily for Gattanewa and his 

 tribe. For the rest, his fellow-prisoners who fared with 

 the crew, complained frequently of the want of food ; and 

 although they had all, except Pittenger, regained their 

 health, yet this poor fellow still laboured under the tor- 

 ments of a morbid leg, and often endured the most excru- 

 ciating pain. 



Nothing worthy of note occurred until the 4th of July^ 

 except the mustering of the ship's company and prisoners 

 of war, on the Sunday preceding, and the reading of the 

 morning service by Captain Tucker. This being the an- 

 niversary of the declaration x>f our Independence, the gen- 



