214 LETTER OF ADMIRAL MORESBY. 
pate that it will be effected with so little 
delay that he will be enabled to return to 
Valparaiso by the middle of January. 
" I was unable to comply strictly with the 
list of articles which their lordships autho- 
rized me to give the islanders. I enclose 
a list of what we supplied ; they were greatly 
wanted and gratefully received. The crew 
of the Portland also requested permission to 
give a portion of their allowance, and also 
that they might be allowed to send them a 
whale-boat, with other stores from Valpa- 
raiso. 
" Captain Chads and the officers were 
most generous. I was fortunate in procuring 
at Borobora* a young bull and heifer, also a 
ram, accidents having befallen the ones pre- 
viously sent. The packet of seeds forwarded 
in their lordships' letter, No. 132, of the 4th 
of December, 1851, was duly delivered. 
" Should any unfortunate circumstance 
prevent the periodical visits of the whale- 
ships, they would be left entirely to the 
charitable consideration of her Majesty's 
Government. The crews of the whale-ships 
* This is sometimes written, Bolabola. 
