MaldonadoAt night the Packet fired guns to tell us she was on her way to Rio: This caused a scene of animation & bustle; for immediately orders were given "hands unmoor ship". The Captain, having letters of importance, determined to stand out after her. We were soon under weigh, & joining the Packet hailed her that we would keep company for a few days.
Captain Fitzroy’s Journal:
On the 18th, my survey work being finished, and our help no longer required at Gorriti, we sailed to sound eastward in the latitude of the English Bank, and then returned to make a few arrangements with Lieutenant Wickham, and obtain observations for the chronometers, previous to making an excursion towards the south.
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