Many were the hard words and hard names bandied between them on these occasions, according to the captain's account.

Each accused the other of endeavoring to assume unwarrantable power, and take the lead; upon which Mr.M'Dougal would vauntingly lay down Mr.Astor's letter, constituting him his representative and proxy, a document not to be disputed.
These wordy contests, though violent, were brief; "and within fifteen minutes," says the captain, "they would be caressing each other like children." While all this petty anarchy was agitating the little world within the Tonquin, the good ship prosperously pursued her course, doubled Cape Horn on the 25th of December, careered across the bosom of the Pacific, until, on the 11th of February, the snowy peaks of Owyhee were seen brightening above the horizon..