He also brought a note for Gregory, saying that he hoped to get the repairs finished the next day; and that he expected, by that time, the other two steamers would be up, when he should at once advance to Berber.
On the third day the smoke of the steamers was seen in the distance; and an hour later the gunboats arrived, and were greeted with cries of welcome by the natives, who thronged the bank.

The three boats carried between three and four hundred men.

These were disembarked on an island, opposite the town, and the gunboats moored alongside.
General Hunter at once landed, with those of his staff who had accompanied him.

He shook hands, very cordially, with the sheik.
"You have done well, indeed!" he said.

"It was a dangerous enterprise and, had I not known your courage, and that of your men, I should not have ventured to send you forward.