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SIX YEARS' RESIDENCE

ON

THE BANKS OF

THE COLUMBIA RIVER,

&c.

CHAPTER I.

Singularly luminous appearance of the ocean—The Equator—Magellanic clouds—Falkland Islands—Storm, and loss of two men—Cape Horn—Dreadful storm—Islands of Juan Fernandez and Massafuero—Trade winds in the Pacific—A shark—Arrival at Sandwich Islands.

On Thursday the 17th of October, 1811, we sailed from New York, with a gentle breeze from the northward, and in a few hours lost sight of the high lands of "Never Sink." Our cabin passengers were, Messrs. Clarke, Clapp, Halsey, Nicolls, Seton, Ehninger, and self; with Captain Sowles, and Messrs. Rhodes, Champenois, and Dean, officers of the ship.