About 9 AM
-- I often rejoiced that Aaron Bang was not with me ; we should unquestionably have quarrelled ; for as to the manner in which they were dressed and decorated , the most fantastic mode a girl ever did up her doll in , was a joke to it . Still these wooden deities are treated with such veneration ; that I do believe their ornaments , which are of massive gold and silver , are never , or very rarely , stolen . On the evening of the 2nd of the following month we sailed again , but having been baffled by calms and light winds , it was the 4th before we anchored off the St Domingo gate at Carthagena , and next morning we dropped down to Boca Chica , and saw our charge , a fine dashing schooner of 150 tons , safe into the harbour . About 9 AM , we had weighed , but we had scarcely got the anchor catted , when it came on to blow great guns from the northwester most unusual thing hereabouts -- so it was down anchor again ; and as I had made up my mind not to attempt it again before morning , I got the gig in the water with all convenient speed ; and that same forenoon I reached the town , and immediately called on the Viceroy , but under very different circumstances from the time Mr Splinter and I had entered it along with the conquering army . We dined with the magnate , and found a very large party assembled . Amongst others , I especially recollect that the Inquisidor -- General was conspicuous ; but every one , with the exception of the Captain General and his immediate staff , was arrayed in gingham jackets ; so there was not much style in the affair . I had before dinner an opportunity to inspect the works of Carthagena at my leisure .