were large flocks of small gulls + petrels. A few large white looby were seen + a dark species Ashleewater. The weather was awful today + the coast cloudy so that, the high Andes and their peaks of Chimbarrago + Cocoxi could not be seen. The old traveller say they seldom can be seen from the coast after passing Plata Island the coast line became invisible. At sunset we passed a small islet on which there was a light house. (21) In the early morning we were off Plata Island and spent the morning steaming up the Paraguay River to an anchorage of Itabayaquil. The river was wide the water brown and set with much floating vegetation consisting of Ipicias bamboo stems + water hyacinths. The banks of the river were low +