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intention, but from his voice the larynx evidently
must have closed, and from the great improvement
in his swallowing, the pharynx was also uniting
giving me some hopes of his recovery, and to be able
to send him to England on our return to Monte Video.
Ships Company employed watering Ship, which was as
muddy as the Thames at Woolwich.

September 30th In the River: weighed in the
morning, and made sail for Monte Video: hammered
away like fury against a stiff, contrary breeze, but
eventually got in and anchored about 8.30 PM.

Wednesday October 1st 1856. Monte Video
My patient much in the same state, but with
some chance of recovery. As usual blowing hard, and
very cold. No breakfast so I had to use a bottle of beer
and some biscuit which was so hard, that several
people had broken their teeth by eating it. Enclosed
my Quarterly Bill to Lizzy - Being in the Outer Roads
we weighed again to get closer in, but after knocking
about for - several hours against a head breeze, we
found ourselves in much the same position, or rather
a little further to leeward: the most bungling piece
of work I ever saw done - From where we lay we
could see the remains of the hull of a fine German
Ship, that had been lost since we left: still blowing
as usual, with every appearance of continuing

October 2nd At daylight commenced warping
ship to windward, why the Lord only knows, and
got on at our usual slow and slummy pace.