270 PUBLIC REGISTER, 1849. 
two British men-of-war the Pandora, Captain 
Wood, and the Daphne, Captain Fanshawe. 
The commanders of these ships, and their offi- 
cers, treated the inhabitants with the greatest 
kindness, and were pleased to express their 
entire approval of all they saw and heard. The 
Daphne brought us a bull and a cow, and some 
rabbits, with a variety of other articles, from the 
Rev. Mr. Armstrong and other friends in Val- 
paraiso. The cattle and the rabbits produced 
a great sensation. Another' (to us) wonderful 
occurrence is, the arrival of so many other ships 
under English colours, viz. eight from the Aus- 
tralian colonies, bound for California, and one 
whaling vessel from London ; in all, nine mer- 
chantmen, and two ships of war. American 
ships have dwindled down to six whalers and 
one from California; in her Reuben E. Nobbs 
embarked for Valparaiso. 
" George Adams saved the life of a child 
alongside of a ship in the offing, 
" The inhabitants, with scarcely one excep- 
tion, have suffered from sickness very severely 
during the months of August, September, and 
October. The school was discontinued, the 
children being too sick to attend, and the teacher 
was fully (and, thank God ! efficiently) employed 
in ministering from house to house. Some of 
the cases were quite alarming, and the disease 
(the influenza) in general was more severe, but 
considerably modified from that of former years : 
violent spasms in the stomach and epigastric 
region were frequent in all stages of the com- 
plaint. At the close of the year, the inhabitants 
