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of War - and of course paid no attention to her but
went on, till we came to the proper anchorage, and
then came to in 8 fathoms.

June 17th. Weighed at daylight & commenced steaming
but unfortunately the engines broke down, which caused
some slight delay, and we had to make sail in lieu.
About noon passed the place where Machell jumped
overboard on the 8th of April - At sunset again anchored

June 18th At 6.30 we were again under weigh, and came
to an anchor off Rosario, at 9.30 when the Vice Consul
and several other gentlemen came on board : drew the fires,
in order to clean the flues- During the forenoon some French
gentleman came off and invited all the Officers to a ball,
so it was at once determined not to proceed - till the
morrow. The Minister, Mr Freeman, & Commander went
ashore with their guns, and the two female servants,
also went ashore to stretch their legs, or perhaps for some
other purpose. The lot came on board early in
the afternoon, and having dressed, the gentleman went
ashore to dine with Mr Dale, the English Vie Consul,
and in the evening went to a Ball, where they met
several very pretty girls.

June 19th At 6 drew the fires forward, got steam up
and hone short: before seven the Vice Consul came
off, for a passage to Parana, after which we weighed
and steamed up the River - A large Sick List and myself,
suffering terribly from a chafe, caused from
wearing blue trowsers, and walkng with very great
pain and difficulty - We passed several schooners, and
kept at till after dark, the coals being bad they were
unable to keep the steam up, and the current being