An account of the late expedition against the isthmus of Darien, under the command of Sir Gregor MʻGregor : together with ... remarks on the present state of the patriot cause, and on the climate and diseases of South America / by W.D. Weatherhead.

  • Weatherhead, W. D. (W. Davidson)
Date:
1821
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Credit: An account of the late expedition against the isthmus of Darien, under the command of Sir Gregor MʻGregor : together with ... remarks on the present state of the patriot cause, and on the climate and diseases of South America / by W.D. Weatherhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the morning of the 16th : sent a boat on shoLre with letters. On the 21st Feb .we arrived at our rendezvous, L'Isle de la Vache, ofF Aux Caves, St. Domingo ; as we approached the harbour we were all par- ticularly anxious to discover the ships of the expedition which had preceded us ; we beheld the wooded openings aud wild avenues of La Vache, with an eye of peculiar interest. The masts of the Onyx were seen over the land which intervened ; an involuntary shout denoted our satisfaction. VVe shortly afterwards observed the Petersburgh ; the Hero brig of war lay at Aux Cayes, the general and staff officers being on shore. As we cast anchor, three cheers were given from the ships. Colonel Rafter, and several officers from both vessels visited the Monarch. The colonel accompanied Major Bezant to Aux Cayes in the evening. The men admitted on board of the ships whilst they were in the river, were of a very mixed description ; nearly two-thirds of them being unacquainted with the use of a musket; and although they showed, at different times, a dis- position to irregularity, the entire of their beha- viour was hitherto such, as to merit the thank*.