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The Brig-Schooner "Pilgrim"

           ThisiswhatCaptainHullhaddoneduringthiscruise;butonhisnextvoyagehecalculatedonreachingahigherlatitude,and,ifnecessary,goinginsightofClarieandAdelieLands,whosediscovery,contestedbytheAmericanWilkes,certainlybelongstotheillustriouscommanderofthe"Astrolabe"andtheZelee,totheFrenchman,Dumontd’Urville.

           Infact,theseasonhadnotbeenfavorableforthe"Pilgrim."InthebeginningofJanuary,thatistosay,towardthemiddleoftheSouthernsummer,andevenwhenthetimeforthewhalerstoreturnhadnotyetarrivedCaptainHullhadbeenobligedtoabandonthefishingplaces.Hisadditionalcrewacollectionofprettysadsubjectsgavehimanexcuse,astheysay,andhedeterminedtoseparatefromthem.

           The"Pilgrim"thensteeredtothenorthwest,forNewZealand,whichshesightedonthe15thofJanuary.ShearrivedatWaitemata,portofAuckland,situatedatthelowestendoftheGulfofChouraki,ontheeastcoastofthenorthernisland,andlandedthefishermenwhohadbeenengagedfortheseason.

           Thecrewwasnotsatisfied.Thecargoofthe"Pilgrim"wasatleasttwohundredbarrelsofoilshort.Therehadneverbeenworsefishing.CaptainHullfeltthedisappointmentofahunterwho,forthefirsttime,returnsashewentawayornearlyso.Hisself-love,greatlyexcited,wasatstake,andhedidnotpardonthosescoundrelswhoseinsubordinationhadcompromisedtheresultsofhiscruise.

           ItwasinvainthatheendeavoredtorecruitanewfishingcrewatAuckland.

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