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Transcriber's Notes: 1. The first page of Chapter VIII: the last line of text was partially missing, and a best guess was made on a few words.
2. Page 72: Typograpical error, 'nndertaking' changed to 'undertaking'.
3. Page 55, paragraph starting "Santa Anna', corrected 'past' to 'part'.

Chicago:
Belford, Clarke & Co., Publishers,

DEDICATION

TO THE FRIENDS in many climes and countries, of the
white and coloured races, and of every grade in society,
who have made our year of travel a year of happiness,
these pages are dedicated by the ever grateful Author

PREFACE.

This volume needs no elaborate preface. A general sketch of the voyage which it describes was published in the 'Times' immediately after our return to England. That letter is reprinted here as a convenient summary of the 'Sunbeam's' performances. But these prefatory lines would indeed be incomplete if they did not contain a well-deserved tribute to the industry and accuracy of the author. The voyage would not have been undertaken, and assuredly it would never have been completed, without the impulse derived from her perseverance and determination. Still less would any sufficient record of the scenes and experiences of the long voyage have been preserved had it not been for her painstaking desire not only to see everything thoroughly, but to record her impressions faithfully and accurately. The practised skill of a professional writer cannot reasonably be expected in these simple pages, but their object will have been attained if they are the means of enabling more home-keeping friends to share in the keen enjoyment of the scenes and adventures they describe.

THOMAS BRASSEY

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.[Farewell to Old England]1
II.[Madeira, Teneriffe, and Cape de Verde Islands]13
III.[Palma to Rio de Janeiro]33
IV.[Rio de Janeiro]46
V.[The River Plate]67
VI.[Life on the Pampas]81
VII.[More about the Argentine Republic]97
VIII.[River Plate to Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan]111
IX.[Sandy Point to Lota Bay]134
X. [Chili]155
XI.[Santiago and Valparaiso]177
XII. [Valparaiso to Tahiti]194
XIII.[The South Sea Islands]211
XIV.[At Tahiti]227
XV.[Tahiti to Sandwich Islands—Kilauea by Day and by Night]265
XVI.[Hawaiian Sports]275
XVII. [Honolulu—Departure for Japan]291
XVIII. [Honolulu to Yokohama]303
XIX. [Yokohama]316
XX.[Kioto, late Miaco]333
XXI.[The Inland Sea]353
XXII.[To Canton up the Pearl River]376
XXIII.[From Macao to Singapore]392
XXIV. [Singapore]408
XXV. [Ceylon]426
XXVI.[To Aden]443
XXVII.[Via Suez Canal]456
XXVIII. ['Home']473
[APPENDIX]489

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

WOODCUTS IN TEXT.

[Cape Brassey: Smyth's Sound]Title-page
[Portrait of the Author]v
[Sunset on Southampton Water]1
[Nearly Overboard]5
[The Derelict 'Carolina' laden with Port Wine]9
[Our First View of Madeira]13
[Madeira Fish-carrier]17
[A Cozy Corner]22
[A Palm-tree in a Garden, Orotava, Teneriffe]31
[Tarafal Bay, St. Antonio]37
[Father Neptune]39
[His Doctor (Crossing the Line)]40
[Lulu and her Puppies]41
[Vespers]42
[Botafogo Bay]46
[The Slave Village, Fazenda, Santa Anna]56
[The Three Navigators]67
[Prairie Dogs and Owls]77
[Devil's Horns]84
[La Calera]87
[Indians at Azul]104
[Lassoing Horses]106
['Monkshaven' on Fire]112
[Shipwrecked Crew coming on Board]115
[Fuegian Weapons]127
[Fuegian Bow and Arrows]129
[Pin for fastening Cloak, Made from a Dollar beaten out]131
[Fuegian Boat and Oars]132
[Bartering with Fuegians]135
[Thornton Peaks]137
[Glaciers, Snowy Sound]139
[Unfit Bay]144
[Two-peaked Mountain]145
[Indian Reach]147
[Catching Cape-Pigeons in the Gulf of Peñas]153
[Chilians waiting for the Train]164
[A Fellow Passenger]167
[Baths of Cauquenes]171
[Up the Valley towards the Andes]173
[Cacti of the Cordillera]174
[Huasso Huts]175
[Huasso of Chili]176
[Morning Mass at Santiago]177
[What makes Horses go in Chili]181
[Juvenile Scrubbers]195
[Conversation at Sea]197
[Inscription from Easter Island]204
[Tatakotoroa or Clarke Island]208
[Going up the Mast in a Chair]209
[Children looking up]209
[Our First Landing in the South Pacific, Hao or Bow Island]214
[Maitea]220
[Maitea]220
[Maitean Boatman]221
[Quarantine Island, Papeete]226
[Under the Trees, Papeete]227
[Chætodon Tricolor]229
[Chætodon Plagmance]232
[Waterfall at Faataua]235
[A Tahitian Lady]247
[Tropic Feathers]251
[Chætodon Besantii]253
[Tattoo in the Tropics]256
[Feather Necklace]279
[War Necklace]283
[Ancient War Masks and Costumes from the Museum at Honolulu]284
[Chalcedon Imperator]287
[Feathered Cloak and Helmets]294
[The Pali-Oahu]295
[Zeus Ciliaris]301
[Amateur Navigation]308
[Little Redcap]313
[Japanese Boats]315
[Fujiyama, Japan]316
[A Drag across the Sand in a Jinrikisha]327
[Inoshima by a Japanese Artist]328
[Japanese Boatman]329
[Facsimile of our Luncheon Bill]330
[A Family Group]338
[Wayside Travellers]349
[Arrima. The Village of Bamboo Basket Work]357
[The Yacht on Fire]360
[Yoken San or Sacred Mountain, Inland Sea]363
[Hurusima, Inland Sea]364
[How we were boarded by Chinese and dispersed them]371
[Chinese Visiting Cards]377
[Pearl River]379
[Bogue Forts]381
[Chinese Pagoda and Boats]382
[The French Consulate, Canton]389
[Chinese Foot and Boot]398
[Maharajah of Johore's House]414
[The Pet Manis]417
[Malacca]419
[How the Journal was written]423
[Peacock Mountain, Ceylon]439
[Soumali Indian, Aden]451
[Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb]457
[Beating up the Red Sea]462
[Homeward Bound]473
[Faldetta, Malta]475
[Armoury in the Governor's Palace, Valetta]477
[Tangier]482
[Vasco da Gama]484
[Belem Cloister Gardens]485
[Our Welcome back off Hastings]487
[Home at Last]488

NOTE.

I have to thank Mr. W. Simpson, author of 'Meeting the Sun,' for the passages given on pages 341 to 343 referring to the Japanese temples and their priesthood.

The vessel which has carried us so rapidly and safely round the globe claims a brief description. She was designed by Mr. St. Clare Byrne, of Liverpool and may be technically defined as a screw composite three-masted topsail-yard schooner. The engines, by Messrs. Laird, are of 70 nominal or 350 indicated horse-power, and developed a speed of 10.13 knots at the measured mile. The bunkers contain 80 tons of coal. The average daily consumption is 4 tons, and the speed 8 knots in fine weather. The principal dimensions of the hull are—length for tonnage, 157 ft.; beam extreme, 27 ft. 6 in.; displacement tonnage, 531 tons; area of midship section, 202 sq. ft.

A. B.

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