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Indeed , during all the time we were upon the coast , our principal food was fresh beef , and every man had perfect health ; but this was a time of especial devouring ; and what we should have done without meat , I cannot tell . As soon as I had got my wits about me , I put on a bold front , and told him plainly that I had a letter in my chest informing me that he had been written to , by the owners in Boston , to bring me home in the ship , and moreover , that he had told me that I was to go in the ship . If this account of the whole matter , which we had from the boy , and which was confirmed by all the crew , be correct , I cannot understand why Captain Arthur should have refused to let him go , especially being a captain who had the name , not only with that crew , but with all whom he had ever commanded , of an unusually kind-hearted man . One of our hands , too , had unluckily fallen upon a half of an old newspaper which contained an account of the passage , through the straits , of a Boston brig , called , I think , the Peruvian , in which she lost every cable and anchor she had , got aground twice , and arrived at Valparaiso in distress . When the water ran off , we picked the sheep up , and put them in the long-boat , got the long-boat , got the galley back in its place , and set things a little to rights ; but , had not our ship had uncommonly high bulwarks and rail , everything must have been washed overboard , not excepting Old Bill and the cook . I stood on the forecastle , looking at the seas , which were rolling high , as far as the eye could reach , their tops white with foam , and the body of them of a deep indigo blue , reflecting the bright rays of the sun . Fortunately , I needed no help from any one , and no medicine ; and if I had needed help , I do n't know where I should have found it . Accordingly , as soon as I could possibly go back to my duty , I put on my thick clothes and boots and south-wester , and made my appearance on deck . How great the deficiency was , or what it resulted from ; whether he was born so ; whether it was the result of disease or accident ; or whether , as some said , it was brought on by his distress of mind , during the voyage , I cannot say . The abundance of wood and water , the extreme fertility of its shores , the excellence of its climate , which is as near to being perfect as any in the world , and its facilities for navigation , affording the best anchoring-grounds in the whole western coast of America , all fit it for a place of great importance ; and , indeed , it has attracted much attention , for the settlement of " Yerba Buena , " where we lay at anchor , made chiefly by Americans and English , and which bids fair to become the most important trading place on the coast , at this time began to supply traders , Russian ships , and whalers , with their stores of wheat and frijoles . Whether I shall ever meet him again , or whether his manuscript narrative of his adventures in the Pelew Islands , which would be creditable to him and interesting to the world , will ever see the light , I cannot tell . Twenty-three guns followed in regular succession , with an interval of fifteen seconds between each when the cloud cleared away , and the ship lay dressed in her colors , all day .