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The galley , the pig-sty , the hen-coop , and a large sheep-pen which had been built upon the forehatch , were all gone , in the twinkling of an eye - leaving the deck as clean as a chin new-reaped - and not a stick left , to show where they had stood . Soon , however , it leaked out , and we found that we were running for the straits of Magellan . My medicines , however , were gone , and no more could be got from the ship , so that his life was left to hang upon the arrival of the California . Before the light northerly winds , which blow here with the regularity of trades , we worked slowly along , and made Point Ano Neuvo , the northerly point of the Bay of Monterey , on Monday afternoon . We got some straw , an old sail , and other things , and wrapped her up in a corner of the sty , where she staid until we got into fine weather again . We were going along at a great rate , dead before the wind , with studding-sails out on both sides , alow and aloft , on a dark night , just after midnight , and everything was as still as the grave , except the washing of the water by the vessel 's side ; for , being before the wind , with a smooth sea , the little brig , covered with canvas , was doing great business , with very little noise . Misfortune , extravagance , and the want of funds , or any manner of getting interest on money , soon eat the estate up , and Don Juan Bandini returned from Mexico accomplished , poor , and proud , and without any office or occupation , to lead the life of most young men of the better families - dissolute and extravagant when the means are at hand ; ambitious at heart , and impotent in act ; often pinched for bread ; keeping up an appearance of style , when their poverty is known to each half-naked Indian boy in the street , and they stand in dread of every small trader and shopkeeper in the place . We had a smacking breeze for several hours , and went along at a great rate , until night , when it died away , as usual , and the land-breeze set in , which brought us upon a taught bowline . Several old shoes were very decently repaired , and with waxed ends , an awl , and the top of an old boot , I made me quite a respectable sheath for my knife . When a large piece of ice was seen in our way , or drifting near us , the word was passed along , and the ship 's head turned one way and another ; and sometimes the yards squared or braced up . However , we were spared any further experience on the point ; for the next day , when we must have been near the Cape of Pillars , which is the south-west point of the mouth of the straits , a gale set in from the eastward , with a heavy fog , so that we could not see half of the ship 's length ahead . One of them , however , an old salt , who had seen something more of the world ashore , set all to rights , as he thoughts - " Oh , ' vast there ! She was off the point at the same time with us , but did not get in to the anchoring-ground until an hour or two after us . " The same boat carried off Harris , my old watchmate , who had previously made an exchange with my friend S - - - . There was , however , too much to do to allow time to think ; for the gale of yesterday , and the heavy seas we met with a few days before , while we had yet ten degrees more southing to make , had convinced the captain that we had something before us which was not to be trifled with , and orders were given to send down the long topgallant masts . Arthur about Hope ; and as he had known him on the voyage before , and was very fond of him , he immediately went to see him , gave him proper medicines , and , under such care , he began rapidly to recover .