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The
crew
was
not
satisfied
.
The
cargo
of
the
"
Pilgrim
"
was
at
least
two
hundred
barrels
of
oil
short
.
There
had
never
been
worse
fishing
.
Captain
Hull
felt
the
disappointment
of
a
hunter
who
,
for
the
first
time
,
returns
as
he
went
away
--
or
nearly
so
.
His
self-love
,
greatly
excited
,
was
at
stake
,
and
he
did
not
pardon
those
scoundrels
whose
insubordination
had
compromised
the
results
of
his
cruise
.
It
was
in
vain
that
he
endeavored
to
recruit
a
new
fishing
crew
at
Auckland
.
All
the
disposable
seamen
were
embarked
on
the
other
whaling
vessels
.
He
was
thus
obliged
to
give
up
the
hope
of
completing
the
"
Pilgrim
's
"
cargo
,
and
Captain
Hull
was
preparing
to
leave
Auckland
definitely
,
when
a
request
for
a
passage
was
made
which
he
could
not
refuse
.
Mrs.
Weldon
,
wife
of
the
"
Pilgrim
's
"
owner
,
was
then
at
Auckland
with
her
young
son
Jack
,
aged
about
five
years
,
and
one
of
her
relatives
,
her
Cousin
Benedict
.
James
W.
Weldon
,
whom
his
business
operations
sometimes
obliged
to
visit
New
Zealand
,
had
brought
the
three
there
,
and
intended
to
bring
them
back
to
San
Francisco
.
But
,
just
as
the
whole
family
was
going
to
depart
,
little
Jack
became
seriously
ill
,
and
his
father
,
imperatively
recalled
by
his
business
,
was
obliged
to
leave
Auckland
,
leaving
his
wife
,
his
son
,
and
Cousin
Benedict
there
.
Three
months
had
passed
away
--
three
long
months
of
separation
,
which
were
extremely
painful
to
Mrs.
Weldon
.
Meanwhile
her
young
child
was
restored
to
health
,
and
she
was
at
liberty
to
depart
,
when
she
was
informed
of
the
arrival
of
the
"
Pilgrim
.
"
Now
,
at
that
period
,
in
order
to
return
to
San
Francisco
,
Mrs.
Weldon
found
herself
under
the
necessity
of
going
to
Australia
by
one
of
the
vessels
of
the
Golden
Age
Trans-oceanic
Company
,
which
ply
between
Melbourne
and
the
Isthmus
of
Panama
by
Papeiti
.
Then
,
once
arrived
at
Panama
,
it
would
be
necessary
for
her
to
await
the
departure
of
the
American
steamer
,
which
establishes
a
regular
communication
between
the
Isthmus
and
California
.
Thence
,
delays
,
trans-shipments
,
always
disagreeable
for
a
woman
and
a
child
.
It
was
just
at
this
time
that
the
"
Pilgrim
"
came
into
port
at
Auckland
.
Mrs.
Weldon
did
not
hesitate
,
but
asked
Captain
Hull
to
take
her
on
board
to
bring
her
back
to
San
Francisco
--
she
,
her
son
,
Cousin
Benedict
,
and
Nan
,
an
old
negress
who
had
served
her
since
her
infancy
.
Three
thousand
marine
leagues
to
travel
on
a
sailing
vessel
!
But
Captain
Hull
's
ship
was
so
well
managed
,
and
the
season
still
so
fine
on
both
sides
of
the
Equator
!
Captain
Hull
consented
,
and
immediately
put
his
own
cabin
at
the
disposal
of
his
passenger
.
He
wished
that
,
during
a
voyage
which
might
last
forty
or
fifty
days
,
Mrs.
Weldon
should
be
installed
as
well
as
possible
on
board
the
whaler
.
There
were
then
certain
advantages
for
Mrs.
Weldon
in
making
the
voyage
under
these
conditions
.
The
only
disadvantage
was
that
this
voyage
would
be
necessarily
prolonged
in
consequence
of
this
circumstance
--
the
"
Pilgrim
"
would
go
to
Valparaiso
,
in
Chili
,
to
effect
her
unloading
.
That
done
,
there
would
be
nothing
but
to
ascend
the
American
coast
,
with
land
breezes
,
which
make
these
parts
very
agreeable
.
Besides
,
Mrs.
Weldon
was
a
courageous
woman
,
whom
the
sea
did
not
frighten
.
Then
thirty
years
of
age
,
she
was
of
robust
health
,
being
accustomed
to
long
voyages
,
for
,
having
shared
with
her
husband
the
fatigues
of
several
passages
,
she
did
not
fear
the
chances
more
or
less
contingent
,
of
shipping
on
board
a
ship
of
moderate
tonnage
.
She
knew
Captain
Hull
to
be
an
excellent
seaman
,
in
whom
James
W.
Weldon
had
every
confidence
.
