teeth.  The after yards are then braced up and belayed, the main sheet hauled aft, the spanker eased over to leeward, and the men from the braces stand by the head yards. ``Let go and haul!’’ says the captain; the second mate lets go the weather fore braces, and the men haul in to leeward.  The mate, on the forecastle, looks out for the head yards. ``Well the fore topsail yard!’’ ``Top-gallant yard’s well!’’ ``Royal yard too much!  Haul in to windward!  So! well that!’’ ``Well all!’’ Then the starboard watch board the main tack, and the larboard watch lay forward and board the fore tack and haul down the jib sheet, clapping a tackle upon it if it blows very fresh.  The after yards are then trimmed, the captain generally looking out for them himself. ``Well the cross-jack[2] yard!’’ ``Small pull the main top-gallant yard!’’ ``Well that!’’ ``Well the mizzen topsail yard!’’ ``Cross-jack yards all well!’’ ``Well all aft!’’ ``Haul taut to windward!’’ Everything being now trimmed and in order, each man coils up the rigging at his own station, and the order is given, ``Go below the watch!’’

During the last twenty-four hours of the passage, we beat off and on the land, making a tack about once in four hours, so that I had sufficient opportunity to observe the working of the ship; and certainly it took no more men to brace about this ship’s lower yards, which were more than fifty feet square, than it did those of the Pilgrim, which were not much more than half the size; so much depends upon the manner in which the braces run, and the state of the blocks; and Captain Wilson, of the Ayacucho, who was afterwards a passenger with us, upon a trip to windward, said he had no doubt that our ship worked two men lighter than his brig.  This light working of the ship was owing to the attention and seamanship of Captain Faucon.  He had reeved anew nearly all the running rigging of the ship, getting rid of useless blocks, putting single blocks for double wherever he could, using pendent blocks, and adjusting the purchases scientifically.

Friday, September 11th.  This morning, at four o’clock, went below, San Pedro point being about two leagues ahead, and the ship going on under studding-sails.  In about an hour we were waked up by the hauling of the chain about decks, and in a few minutes ``All hands ahoy!’’ was called; and we were all at work, hauling in and making up the studding-sails, overhauling the chain forward, and getting the anchors ready. ``The Pilgrim is there at anchor,’’ said some one, as we were running about decks; and, taking a moment’s look over the rail, I saw my old friend, deeply laden, lying at anchor inside of the kelp.  In coming to anchor, as well as in tacking ship, each one had his station and duty.  The light sails were clewed up and furled, the courses hauled up, and the jibs down; then came the topsails in the buntlines, and the anchor let go.  As soon as she was well at anchor, all hands lay aloft to furl the topsails; and this, I soon found, was a great