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[1855. May 22.]
I thought this would be a pleasant trip for my yacht friends in the _Enchantress_, and advised Whichcote to be prepared after dark to pick up the end of a hawser with as little noise as possible, which he would find over the stern of the _St. Jean d' Acre_, and not cast off until he heard from me; and gave _Stella_ the option of doing likewise.