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some seal skins and a sea otter skin. They left bowing there acknowledgements we then put out to sea.
Feb 18th Steaming at 12 knots. sight Colliers signal them and proceed towards Coronel
Feb19th Arrive at Coronel only stay for one hour. there are a few German ships interned Coronel is a mining township coal is chief product.
Feb 20th Arrive at Valparaiso 7 a.m. a small party of Officers allowed to go ashore the first leave since we left, on shore the leave party Come back to ship they tell of the riots in Valparaiso some of the Britishers get in holds with some Germans, some Chilians join in the melee and wreck the tram Cars in the street the tramway service is German owned the eventually ceased to run.
Feb 21st Church and Muster. Join Kent and Colliers off Coronel transfer mails to "Kent" who leaves us to go to Coronel for orders. we remain outside