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seJvGL a fine supper. The next day we were picked up 
by the elongated anchor-hoy commonly known as the 
‘^old John,” and the day following saw the conclusion 
of the survey of the Straits of T’ Sugar. 
As I remarked in the last chapter, we found three 
foreign vessels at anchor among the Japanese junks. 
Tliese were the Hamburg brig Greta, which we had. 
chartered at IIong-Kong to bring us a supply of coal and 
provisions, the English surveying-schooner Saracen, who 
was engaged on work similar to ours, and the American 
whaling-brig Leveret, which had arrived some days pre- 
vious, on the strength of Commodore Perry’s treaty, to 
land her cargo and its owners and then continue on her 
whaling-voyage. The supercargo of the Greta, who "was 
a very agreeable companion, in spite of his fondness for 
exploring caves, (?) showed us a list of liquors, cigars, 
&c., from which we could supply our mess for months 
at an advance of fifty per cent, over IIong-Kong prices. 
But when it came to provisions we were woefully disap- 
pointed. There was nothing in that line save the regular 
Government-ration; and some of the mess sighed heavily 
as they looked forward to eating salt pork and beef for 
the next several months and probably arriving at San 
Francisco half disabled from the scurvy. 
We found the passengers by the Leveret in as much 
trouble with the authorities about setting uj) a ship- 
chandlery on shore as the nomadics had been in at 
Si-mo-da; and Commander Rodgers was now boarded by 
both parties, praying that he would see the governor and 
insist upon the treaty being respected. The result of 
this was a forcible appeal on our part in their behalf; but 
