A boat was also lowered from the man-of-war and chase given, while shot after shot was sent after the fugitives.

The man-of-war's boat had no chance of overhauling the quicker and lighter Peruvian gig and when the Chileans reached the sloop, they abandoned the chase.

On discovering the prize they had taken, cheer after cheer rang over the sea.

The sloop was loaded down with baskets of fruit, crates of chickens, vegetables, in fact the very things the Chileans mostly needed.

A line was quickly fastened to the prize and she was towed alongside the Loa, and the entire crew joined the captors in cheering when they saw the good things.