An instance of Magellan weather was afforded when the _Huemel_, a well-appointed gunboat of great power, after attempting on the following day to proceed on her voyage, was obliged by sheer force of the wind to return and take up anchorage again and remain till the gale abated; and lucky she was to get back! Meeting this vessel was a little godsend.

She was commanded and officered by high-class sailors and educated gentlemen.

An entertainment that was gotten up on her, impromptu, at the Notch would be hard to beat anywhere.

One of her midshipmen sang popular songs in French, German, and Spanish, and one (so he said) in Russian.

If the audience did not know the lingo of one song from another, it was no drawback to the merriment.
I was left alone the next day, for then the _Huemel_ put out on her voyage the gale having abated.