MaldonadoMy time passes precisely in the same manner as the last 3 weeks. My collection of the birds & quadrupeds of this place is becoming very perfect. A few Reales has enlisted all the boys in the town in my service; & few days pass, in which they do not bring me some curious creature. The progress with the Schooner has hitherto been very slow; but if the present fine weather lasts, another week will complete the coppering. To day I returned from paying a visit to the vessel in order to see Mr Wickham after his return from the South. The Beagle is in such a state of bustle, that I am sure I am for the present in the best quarters.
Captain Fitzroy’s Journal:
The Constitucion anchored off the Negro on the 11 Jun, entered it next day, found the Paz and Liebre there… [The Consitucion] on the 17th sailed again. Six knots and a-half an hour was the most she could accomplish under any circumstances, yet her passages were very good, considering the distance.
The Constitucion anchored off the Negro on the 11 Jun, entered it next day, found the Paz and Liebre there… [The Consitucion] on the 17th sailed again. Six knots and a-half an hour was the most she could accomplish under any circumstances, yet her passages were very good, considering the distance.
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