All being ready for our departure, we went on board ship, and weighed anchor on the 6th of September, in the morning. The wind soon fell off. On the 8th we weighed anchor for the third time, and by the help of a fresh breeze from the southwest, we succeeded in passing the bar. On the 14th we commenced to take flying fish The 24th, we saw a great quantity of dolphins. We prepared lines and took two of latter, which we cooked. After leaving New york, till the 4th of October, we headed southeast. On that day we struck the trade winds, and bore S. S. E.; being, according to our observations, in latitude 17° 43' 43" and longitude 22° 39'. On the 5th, in the morning, we came in sight of the Cape Verde Islands, bearing W. N. W., and distant about eight or nine miles, having the coast of Africa to the E. S. E. As long as we were near the coast of Africa, we had light winds, and extremely hot weather; on the 8th, we had dead calm, and saw several sharks round the vessel; we took one which we ate. We experienced on that day an excessive heat, the mercury being at 94° of Fahrenheit [34.4°C.] The nearer we approached to the equator the more we perceived the heat to increase: on the 16th, in latitude 16°, longitude 22° west from Greenwich, the mercury stood at 108° [42.2°C.]. We discovered on that day a sail bearing down upon us. The next morning she reappeared, and approached within gunshot. . . we sailed in company all day by a good breeze, all sail spread; but toward evening she dropped astearn and altered her course to the S. S. E. On the 18th, at daybreak, the watch alarmed us by announcing that the same brig which had followed us the day before, was under our lee, a cable's length off, and seemed desirous of knowing who we were, without showing her own colors. . . Whether it was our formidable appearance or no, at about ten A. M. the stranger again changed her course, and we soon lost sight of her entirely. Nothing further occured to us till the 22nd, when we passed the line in longitude 25° 9'. According to an ancient custom the crew baptized those of their number who had never before crossed the equator; it was a holiday for them on board. The 1st of November we began to see great numbers of aquatic birds. Toward three o'clock P. M. we discovered a sail on our larboard, but did not approach sufficiently nrar to speak to her. The 3rd, we saw two more sails, making to the S. E. We passed the tropic of capricorn on the 4th, with a fine breeze, and in longitude 33° 27' we lost the trade winds, and as we advanced south the weather became cold and rainy. The 11th, we had a calm, although the sea was heavy. We saw several turtles, and captain having sent out the small boat, we captured two of them. During the night of the 11th and 12th the wind changed to N.E., and raised a terrible tempest, in which the gale, the rain, the lightning, and thunder, seemed to have sworn our destruction; the sea appeared all a-fire, while our vessel was the sport of winds and waves. The 14th, the wind shifted to the S.S.W., which compelled us to beat to windward. In latitude 35° 19', longitude 40°, the sea appeared to be covered with marine plants, and the change that we observed in the color of the water, as well as the immense number of gulls and other aquatic birds that we saw, proved to us that we were not far from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The wind continued to blow furiously till the 21st, when it subsided a little, and the weather cleared up. On the 25th, being in the 46th degree, and 30 minutes of latitude, we saw a penguin. We began to feel sensibly the want of water: . . . As we were not more than one hundred and fifty leagues from the Falkland isles, we determined to put in there and endeavor to replenish our casks, and the captain caused the anchors to be got ready. We had contrary winds from the 27th of November to the 3d December. On the evening of that day, we heard one of the officers, who was at the masthead, cry "Land! Land!" Nevertheless, the night coming on, and the barren rocks which we had before us being little elevated above the ocean, we hove to. On the 4th (Dec.) in the morning, I was not the last to mount on deck, to feast my eyes with the sight of land; . . . The first mate being sent ashore to look for water, several of our gentlemen accompanied him. They returned in the evening with the disappointing intelligence that they had not been able to find fresh water. The weather appearing to threaten, we weighed anchor and put out to sea. The night was tempestuous, and in the morning of the 5th we had lost sight of the first islands. . . . In the evening we found ourselves sufficiently near the shore and hove to for the night. The 6th brough us a clear sky, and with a fresh breeze we succeeded in gaining a good anchorage, which we took to be Port Egmont, and where we found good water. On the 7th, we sent ashore the water casks, as well as the cooper to superintend filling them, . . . the captain gave orders to re-embark, (and) . . . caused the anchor to be weighed on the morning of the 11th, while I and my companions were engaged . . . We then lost no time, but pushed off, being eight in number . . . but for the bold interference of Mr. R. Stuart . . . and who, seeing that the captain, far from waiting for us, cooly continued his course, threatened to blow his brains out unless he hove to and took us on board. We pursued our course, bearing S.S.W., and on the 14th, in latitude 54° 1' longitude 64° 13', we found bottom at sixty-five fathoms, and saw a sail to the south. On the 15th, in the morning, we discovered before us the high mountains of Terra del fuego, which we continued to see till evening: the weather then thickened and we lost sight of them. We encountered a furious storm which drove us to the 56th degree and 18' of latitude. On the 18th, we were only fifteen leagues from Cape Horn. A dead calm followed, but the current carried us within sighte of the cape, five or six leagues distant. The wind soon changed again to the S.S.W., and blew a gale. We had frightful weather until the 24th, when we found ourselves in 58° 16' of south latitude. . . . The wind, which till the 24th had been contrary, hauled around to the south, and we ran westward. The wind , which till the 24th had been contrary, hauled around to the south, and we ran westward. The next day being Christmas, we had the satisfaction to learn by our noon-day observation that we had weathered the cape, and were consequently now in the Pacicif Ocean. From the 25th till the 1st of January, we were favored with a fair wind and ran eighteen degrees to the north in that short space of time. (winds still from S.E.) On the 17th, in latitude 10° S., and longitude 110° 50' W., we took several bonitas, an excellent fish. We passed the equator on the 23rd, in 128° 14' of west longitude. A great many porpoise came around the vessel. On the 25th arose a tempest which lasted till the 28th. The wind then shifted to the E.S.E. and carried us two hundred and twenty-four miles on our course in twety-four hours. Then we had several days of contrary winds. . . . on the 8th of February it (the wind) hauled to the S.E., . . . . . . and on the 11th we saw the peak of a mountain covered with snow, which the first mate, who was familiar with these seas, told me was the summit of Mona-Roah, a high mountain on the island of Ohehy (Hawaii), . . . Toward evening, by the aid of a sea breeze that rose as day declined, we got inside the harbour where we anchored on a coral bottom . . . . . . we weighed anchor on the 28th of February, sixteen days after our arrival at Karaka-koua The winds were variable, and nothing extraordinary happened to us till the 16th, when, having arrived at latitude of 35° 11' north, and in 138° 16' west longitude, the wind shifted all of a sudden to the S.S.W., and blew with such violence that we were forced to . . . run before the gale. At last, on the 22d, in the morning we saw the land. . . . it was resolved to establish ourselves on Point George (Astoria), situated on the south bank, about fourteen or fifteen miles from our present anchorage (river mouth)