" The governor was true to his promise,
and they all reached Boston before the middle of March; the shortest
communication ever yet made across the country.
The brig Pilgrim had been lying in Monterey through the latter
part of November, according to orders, waiting for us. Day after
day, Captain Faucon went up to the hill to look out for us, and at
last, gave us up, thinking we must have gone down in the gale which we
experienced off Point Conception, and which had blown with great
fury over the whole coast, driving ashore several vessels in the
snuggest ports. An English brig, which had put into San Francisco,
lost both her anchors; the Rosa was driven upon a mud bank in San
Diego; and the Pilgrim, with great difficulty, rode out the gale in
Monterey, with three anchors ahead. She sailed early in December for
San Diego and intermedios.
As we were to be here over Sunday, and Monterey was the best place
to go ashore on the whole coast, and we had had no liberty-day for
nearly three months, every one was for going ashore. On Sunday
morning, as soon as the decks were washed, and we had got breakfast,
those who had obtained liberty began to clean themselves, as it is
called, to go ashore.
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