The Letter Was
Published For The Information Of The Friends Of George, And Captain
Low Added, That He Left Him At Manilia To Go To Oahu, And He Had
Heard Nothing Of Him Since.
George had an interesting journal of his adventures in the Pelew
Islands, which he had written out at length, in a handsome hand,
and in correct English.
CHAPTER XXV
RUMORS OF WAR - A SPOUTER - SLIPPING FOR A SOUTH-EASTER - A GALE
Sunday, November 1st. Sailed this day, (Sunday again,) for
Santa Barbara, where we arrived on the 5th. Coming round St.
Buenaventura, and nearing the anchorage, we saw two vessels in port,
a large full-rigged, and a small hermaphrodite brig. The former,
the crew said must be the Pilgrim; but I had been too long in the
Pilgrim to be mistaken in her, and I was right in differing from
them; for, upon nearer approach, her long, low shear, sharp bows,
and raking masts, told quite another story. "Man-of-war brig,"
said some of them; "Baltimore clipper," said others; the Ayacucho,
thought I; and soon the broad folds of the beautiful banner of
St. George, - white field with blood-red border and cross, - were
displayed from her peak. A few minutes put it beyond a doubt,
and we were lying by the side of the Ayacucho, which had sailed
from San Diego about nine months before, while we were lying there
in the Pilgrim. She had since been to Valparaiso, Callao, and the
Sandwich Islands, and had just come upon the coast.
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