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255 Tuesday April 18h.- Pleasant, and very warm again- both boats /the Oregan & Yankee Blade/ are ready to receive their passengers, this morning- we are to take the regular Mail Boat, the Oregan- after breakfast we went down to the wharf, and here took a launch with some 20 or 30 others- and baggage enough to lower her down to the gunwall, and went on board the Steamer at about 9 Oclock, Am,- the Steamers lay about 3 miles from the City, cannot get nearer so shallow water- and at low tide these launches, cannot get any where near the wharf's- so the passenger are obliged to wade out to and from them, or- be carried by the natives on their backs, and this, the Lady passengers object to at first- however' as they find this is the only way at such times, they are obliged to submit to it- to see a string of some 15 or 20 at a time Men & Women, being taken from or to a launch in this way- makes a comical show, and a considerable sport too for the passengers- however' as the tide was up this morning, we could get on board the launches at the wharf- we were soon safe alongside of the Steamer, and finally on board all safe and here we were obliged to wait till about 1 Oclk Pm- before all the passengers were on board,- Yankee Blade about half an hour the start of us- finding there were so many more