He said it would break his heart if we left him behind, so we took him with us, and he has ever since been the faithful companion of my wanderings and my trusty friend.
My wife and I slept in our tent, Kidd and Yawl on the sloop.

As the sails were not bent nor the boat victualled, I had no fear of their giving us the slip in the night.

In the morning Ramon and the _arrieros_ returned with their lading, and by sunset we had everything on board and was ready for a start.
The next thing was to settle our course.

I wanted to reach a port where I could turn some of my diamonds into cash and take shipping for England, the West Indies, or the United States.

We were between Valparaiso and Callao, and the former place, as being on the way, seemed the more desirable place to make for.