The puff died away immediately, however, and no damage was done beyond the splitting of the foretopsail.

Dirk Peters treated Augustus all this day with great kindness and entered into a long conversation with him respecting the Pacific Ocean, and the islands he had visited in that region.

He asked him whether he would not like to go with the mutineers on a kind of exploring and pleasure voyage in those quarters, and said that the men were gradually coming over to the mate's views.
To this Augustus thought it best to reply that he would be glad to go on such an adventure, since nothing better could be done, and that any thing was preferable to a piratical life.
July 4th.

The vessel in sight proved to be a small brig from Liverpool, and was allowed to pass unmolested.

Augustus spent most of his time on deck, with a view of obtaining all the information in his power respecting the intentions of the mutineers.