RIO DE JANEIRO
New York G. P. Putnam & Co.
O. CATETE
New York G. P. Putnam & Co.
BRAZIL AND LA PLATA:
THE
PERSONAL RECORD OF A CRUISE.
BY
C. S. STEWART, A. M., U. S. N.,
AUTHOR OF
“A RESIDENCE AT THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,” “VISIT TO THE SOUTH SEAS,”
“SKETCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,” ETC., ETC.
“Sail forth into the sea, O ship!
Through wind and wave right onward steer!
The moistened eye, the trembling lip,
Are not the signs of doubt and fear.—
Sail forth, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee!”
Longfellow.
NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 321 BROADWAY.
1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,
By G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States
for the Southern District of New York.
John F. Trow,
Printer and Stereotyper, 377 & 379 Broadway,
Corner of White street.
TO
MY DAUGHTERS,
THIS VOLUME
DRAWN FROM MANUSCRIPTS ADDRESSED TO THEM,
IS AFFECTIONATELY
Inscribed.