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CHAP, other persons in these excursions, all of whom seemed eager to show 
us attention, and with whom there was less reserve, and less disinclina- 
May, tion to our proceeding inland, than was manifested by our guides from 
Napa, who were evidently acting under much constraint. 
Lieutenant Wainwright, who, since leaving San Francisco, had 
been an invalid, having suffered severely from a disease of the heart, 
was provided with a horse by the natives, and permitted to ride every 
day for his health. He was attended by a guide, and received much 
kindness and attention from the humane Loo Chooans, who, though 
they often gave us many reasons to suspect the purity of their inten- 
tions, were, by their acts, certainly entitled to our gratitude. 
On the 19th we received a bullock weighing lOOlbs., five pigs, a 
bag of sweet potatoes, some firewood, and some more water. Several 
of the officers landed and walked in the country, attended by the 
natives, who endeavoured by every species of cunning, and even by 
falsehood, to prevent their going near the villages, or penetrating far 
inland. We had again a ship full of visiters, and the two artists were 
employed the greater part of the day in completing their drawing, 
which they refused to part with. After the strangers were gone on 
shore, a thermometei that was kept upon deck for the purpose of re- 
gistering the temperature was missed, and the natural conclusion was, 
that it had attracted the attention of some of our visiters, who, it must 
be remembered, were of all classes. 
It was a curious coincidence, but I believe perfectly accidental, 
that the day after the instrument was missed not a single person came 
off to the ship, except those employed in bringing water: when An-yah 
came on board the next morning I made our loss known to him ; he 
was much distressed at hearing of it, and said he would make every 
inquiry about it on shore, and added — “ plenty Doo Choo man teef 
plenty mans teef,” advising us at the same time to look well after our 
watches, handkerchiefs, and particularly any of the instruments that 
were taken on shore. These precautions I am almost certain were 
unnecessary, and I am inclined to believe that An-yah painted his country- 
men in such odious colours to make us take proper precautions. Though 
the Loo Chooans are extremely curious, and highly prize such an instru- 
