PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT. 
25 
On the 20th our operations were completed ; but a strong northerly 
wind prevented our putting to sea, and we anchored under the little 
island of Quiriquina. This place is very secure resting, and, in the 
winter season, it is a better anchorage to refit a ship at than that off 
Falcahuana. It is small, and a ship must lie very close to the shore. 
After two days of contrary wind, we put to sea on the 24th, and three 
days afterwards anchored at Valparaiso, in the hope of receiving some 
supplies which we could not procure at Conception ; but being disap- 
pointed in their arrival, on the 29th we weighed, and took our final 
leave of the coast. 
CHAP. 
I. 
October, 
1825. 
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