British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . ndthree of the men. Out of her small complement theTryall had buried forty-two, of which thirty-four hadfallen to the scurvy. On the 21st of June a ship was seen on the horizon toleeward of the island, with no sail spread but her coursesand main-topsail. It was the unfortunate Gloucester, sofaint that her spark of life was almost gone! Assistancein men and provisions were sent out to her from theisland, but, owing to the weather, and her trag
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . ndthree of the men. Out of her small complement theTryall had buried forty-two, of which thirty-four hadfallen to the scurvy. On the 21st of June a ship was seen on the horizon toleeward of the island, with no sail spread but her coursesand main-topsail. It was the unfortunate Gloucester, sofaint that her spark of life was almost gone! Assistancein men and provisions were sent out to her from theisland, but, owing to the weather, and her tragic condi-tion which let her drift almost where she would, it was the23rd of July before she limped to her anchorage! Theunfortunate Gloucester had only eighty-two men leftalive, a quarter of her original complement! The victualing ship, the Anna Pink, did not arrive un-til the middle of August, but, owing doubtless to the na-ture of her cargo, she appears to have come in fairlygood condition. The death roll of the first three ships was not yet atan end, for many of the men died after they had gotashore, and as for the decrepit marines from Chelsea. %, ^m AMBROSK O IlI(;(;iNS EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH VOYAGES 125 Hospital—it was practically a case of a clean sheet withthem—a wash out! There was just one further calamity which the Brit-ish squadron escaped, by a matter of hours only. Theysuspected nothing of this at the time, although the quan-tity of broken jars, fishbones, and ashes which the menfound on their first landing gave them some reason towonder. As they subsequently found out, an intact Span-ish squadron from Callao had been waiting at the island,and scarcely had their topsails sunk below the horizonwhen the worn and helpless Centurion came in sight ofthe land. But very soon the benfits of the fresh provisions foundon the island became apparent. There were the seals,at first not much admired, though they afterwards grewinto more repute. There were also the fish,
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