Futility of human friendship,— Further particulars of the duel,— Unfeeling conduct of the murderer, — Land our provisions, — Prepare for going down the coast,— Chillian fleet,— Lord Cochran requests Captain Uownes to defer his visit to Callao, — His Lordship visits the Macedonian,—Description of his person,— Foster, the thief,— He deserts,— Efforts to arrest him,— Seen on board the Rose,— While at work on board a whaler,— Wrote a note to Mr. Maury,— Rose searched,— Foster found,— Carried on board the frigate,— Put in irons,— The Rose swings near the whaler,— My life threatened,— No danger,— Threaten to kill me if caught on shore,— Mr. Lewis, sail-maker, waylaid by the Spaniard, stripped and buried in the sand, as dead,— Crawled into a shanty,— Messenger sent to the frigate,— Boat sent for him,— Specimen of the Rose's crew, — Capt.
Downes becomes acquainted with a German baron,— I am requested to fit up Lady Cochran's palace,— Sail for Coquimbo,-Protection of the brig Warrior,— Accident to Mr. Brock, —Sail for Arica, — Receive on board a large amount of specie, — Smuggling,— Sail for Callao, — Requested by Cochran not to enter,— A good deal about the bazzar, — Arrival at Panama, — Suspicion, — Barron leaves, —Meet the Rose, — Prepare for action,— Search her, — Her imminent danger if she had fired,— Sail for Puna,— Arrival,— Send a boat up to Guyaquil, — Boat seized, men imprisoned, — Suspicion, — Gunboats sent down to take the Macedonian, — Another boat sent up, — Explanation,— Friendly terms, — Handsome present of fruit, — Beautiful sight, — Fight between swordfish, thresher and whale, — Sail for San Bias, — Our business,—Destruction of a fine ship through superstition, — Dreadful tornado, attended with heavy thunder and lightning,— Ship Two Catherines struck, — Mainmast shattered, — Her Capt. in much trouble, — No assistance from the shore,-Gets assistance from the frigate,— I make him a mast, — She is ready for sea in four days,— Foster, the thief and deserter, punished, — Description of his punishment, — Another duel under way, — It is prevented, — Contrast between the combatants,— Remonstrance, and remarks, — Not necessary to go to Columbia river, — Explanation, — Difficulty among whaling seamen, — Fears of becoming short of provisions, — Ration reduced, — Whiskey gives out, — Choice of the men, — Promises of pay for short rations, — Stops at Acapulco, — Procure a few miserable bullocks, — Boats worm-eaten, — Repair them,— Sail for Tumbez,— Anchored off the mouth of a river, — Boat sent on shore, to explore,— Discover an Indian canoe,— They make their escape, — Overtake the boat, — Only a woman left,— Quiet her fears, — Return to the ship, — Fit out an expedition for wooding, and ship timber, — Lieut.
Percival goes to Tumbez river in a whale boat,Retums without being able to obtain provisions, — Find some oysters, — Go up the river on an exploring tour, — Discover an immense bed of ovsters, — Half the ship's company go on shore one day, — Treat out of oysters, — Next day the other half goes, — Remarks on the difference in the condition of the men since the whiskey was out, — Melancholy history of a young man,— Distress for provisions,— Water gives out,— I am taken down with fever,-Nauseous Medicine,— Several deaths,— Convalescence, — Cure myself by exertion,— Arrive at Valparaiso,— Whiskey,— Its effects, — Condition of the crew, — I obtain a good meal. But alas! how futile and uncertain is worldly friendship; the most trifling incident, apparently, and may be positively without the slightest intention of insult or even of wounding feelings, is immediately caught up, and by officious friends, magnified into an affair of honor, that cannot be settled in any other way, than with the pistol, at ten paces.
On the morning after our arrival, they, with their two friends f and one of the doctor's mates, obtained permission to go on shore; no one in the ship, except their messmates, knew anything of the challenge, or of their intention to fight when they went on shore. On landing, they went behind a ridge of land, which screened them from the frigate, arranged their distance, and fired. A e, fell dead. The bullet passed through his lungs, came out on the other side, and lodged in the arm near the elbow. When the ball struck him, he jumped up, exclaiming, "Oh my God!7 and fell dead! A crowd of Spaniards soon gathered around them, and the corpse was brought to the beach; a boat sent from the frigate, and it was brought on board, and placed in a coffin for burial.