At the end, Courtenay presented him with a photograph
of Elsie's chart, to which many additions had been made by her under
her lover's directions. The position of the shoal, and of Pillar Rock,
together with the set of the tidal current, were clearly shown, and it
is probable that Good Hope Inlet, notwithstanding its dangerous
approach, will be thoroughly surveyed one of these days. Then,
perhaps, more may be heard of those lumps of silver and copper ore
which the savages hurled at the _Kansas_.
The cruiser hurried away, under forced draft, to report from Coronel,
the nearest cable-station. Thence she would go to Valparaiso, so she
carried a sheaf of letters, and one passenger, Frascuelo. Finding that
he could not execute the needed repairs at Sandy Point, Courtenay
decided to make for Montevideo, where he would be in telegraphic
communication with Mr. Baring. He was fortunate in finding a
shipwrecked crew on shore, awaiting transport to England. He secured a
full complement of officers and engineers, and the _Kansas_ reached the
chief port of Uruguay without any difficulty.
A sack-load of telegrams awaited the ship.
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