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The electric fluid ran over our anchors , top-sail sheets and ties ; yet no harm was done to us . The fore and mizen top-gallant sails were taken in , in the same silent manner ; and we lay motionless upon the water , with an uneasy expectation , which , from the long suspense , became actually painful . Six weeks , or two months , of the hardest work we had yet seen , was before us , and then - " Good-by to California ! By a constant look-out , and a quick shifting of the helm , as the islands and pieces came in sight , the ship went clear of everything but a few small pieces , though daylight showed the ocean covered for miles . 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 pulled off with a will , saying to ourselves ( I can speak for myself at least ) - " Good-by , Santa Barbara !