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Wylie went forward and asked the men if they would take service with the Yankee captain . All but three expressed their desire to do so ; these three had families in England , and refused . The mate gave the others a release , and an order on Wardlaw & Co. for their full wages for the voyage ; then they signed articles with Captain Slocum , and entered the American Mercantile Navy . Two days after this they sighted the high lands at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata at 10 P.M. , and lay to for a pilot . After three hours ' delay they were boarded by a pilot-boat , and then began to creep into the port . The night was very dark , and a thin white fog lay on the water . Wylie was sitting on the taffrail and conversing with Slocum , when the lookout forward sung out , `` Sail ho ! ''