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269 Sentinel stationed with a Glass watching the movements of Santa Anna's Troops.- and as soon as they see them drawn up in line- /or show themselves over the brow of a hill between them, and the Fort,/ Alvarez men will fire a shot into their camp, or try to, /at least/ but the balls would fall short of their mark, most of them- if not all- notwithstanding Santa Anna's orders to Capt W- as to not, having communication with the Shore- most of our passengers went ashore soon after we arrived, Winslow went ashore soon after we arrived a bought some few stores- a case of wine etc- and after Dinner, I went ashore to see the place- found it looking about as expected, from what we could see from the Steamer,- enough for me to say- it was an Old Mexican Town- and like all others I have ever seen evry thing going to rack & ruin- we went up around the Fort- but werenot admitted inside the same, sentinels being stations to prevent same, the appearance of the Troops- was keeping with the place- half clothed, and I should say' starved too,- a filthy, and ragged set of them, as we were walking round- we came across two men, melting lead, in