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It was then decided that all the company should be taken to Aspinwall by the United States vessels, and their boats and ours were at once put to service in transferring the people from the island; who, as they gathered up such fragments of their property as had been rescued from the wreck, and tied it up in bedquilts or blankets, shouldered their bundles, and moved slowly down to the point of departure, their garments weather-stained and crab-eaten, some of them without shoes or hats, and all with much-bronzed faces, presented a picturesque and beggarly appearance, in striking contrast to their aspect before the wreck.
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