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HURRICANE ON THE PACIFIC. 
" l%th April. — Captain Morshead is gone down 
to the landing-place to embark ; and I must run 
after him with this hasty scrawl." 
Captain Morshead, writing from Valparaiso, 
13th May, 1856, said that he had left the Pitcaim 
islanders on the 13th April, having arranged 
for their departure for Norfolk Island. The 
people were in good health. They had lately 
been slaying many of the cattle, their stock 
having increased and thriven wonderfully. 
The Dido was caught in a hurricane off 
Raiatea, and very seriously damaged. 
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ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. 
The residence of Alex. Selkirk from Sept 1704 to Feb. ITOsJ; and the scene of the 
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. 
