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ULY 22d. — Sighted the Island of St. Helena at daylight, and about 8 A. M. came to anchor in roadstead. The island is nothing but a large lonely island in mid ocean. Jamestown is an English garrison, settled by soldiers and their families and others. Some are tradespeople, who came to the island to make money out of the soldiers and natives. The natives, by the way, are a very small race of people, and talk half English, half Indian. They have a very yellow cast of countenance, more of the Malay color. After getting water and some fresh provisions on board, a number of us went on shore and hired two carriages, and we all started up a very rough mountain road for Long Wood, the home of the great Na-