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An English brig , which had put into San Francisco , lost both her anchors ; the Rosa was driven upon a mud bank in San Diego ; and the Pilgrim , with great difficulty , rode out the gale in Monterey , with three anchors ahead . It being now mid-winter and in high latitude , the nights were very long , so that we were not turned-to until seven in the morning , and were obliged to knock off at five in the evening , when we got supper ; which gave us nearly three hours before eight bells , at which time the watch was set . This was set off against the account of the A. J. Donelson , and led us to look forward with less confidence to the passage , especially as no one on board had ever been through , and the captain had no very perfect charts . We took George forward , washed him in the deck-tub , complimented his pluck , and from this time he became somebody on board , having fought himself into notice . We pulled him on board the Ayacucho , and when he left the boat he gave each of its crew a piece of money , except myself , and shook hands with me , nodding his head , as much as to say , - " We understand one another . This day was Christmas ; and as it rained all day long , and there were no hides to take in , and nothing especial to do , the captain gave us a holiday , ( the first we had had since leaving Boston , ) and plum duff for dinner . Thus we took advantage of the warm sun and fine weather of the Pacific to prepare for its other face . I had been to see Hope the first night after we got into San Diego this last time , and had frequently since spent the early part of a night in the oven . Having a fine wind , we were soon up with and passed the latitude of the Cape , and having stood far enough to the southward to give it a wide berth , we began to stand to the eastward , with a good prospect of being round and steering to the northward on the other side , in a very few days . I tried to find the church , in order to see the worship , but was told that there was no service , except a mass early in the morning ; so we went about the town , visiting the Americans and English , and the natives whom we had know when we were here before . He a' n't the child you take him for. " shouted the mate , and we had a second reef to take , in the same way . No one on board had been through the straits but I had in my chest an account of the passage of the ship A.