xviii VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



Canaries, and Cape Verde Islands, we ran down 

 the Atlantic coast of South America, calling at 

 some of the islands, and visiting Bahia and Monte- 

 video for coal, thence through the Straits of 

 Magellan and Smythe's Channel into the South 

 Pacific. From Valparaiso we sailed westwards 

 amongst the South Sea Islands ; thence through 

 Torres Straits into the Indian Ocean. After 

 leaving Ceylon we steamed south-westwards until 

 the African coast was sighted, hoping and in 

 this we were partly successful to escape the fury 

 of the monsoon. The remainder of the voyage 

 home was performed by way of the Red Sea and 

 Mediterranean, and, after a pleasant passage 

 through these waters, Cowes was reached on 1st 

 August, 1903. 



Below is given a detailed itinerary of this 



voyage : 



Lisbon, 24th to 26th November, 1902 ; 



Madeira, 29th to 30th November ; 



Las Palmas, 1st to 3rd December ; 



St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, 10th to 



12th December ; 

 St. Paul's Rocks, Mid-Atlantic, 17th to 18th 



December ; 

 Fernando de Noronha, 20th to 22nd December; 

 Bahia, Brazil, 26th December to 5th January, 



1903 ; 

 Montevideo, 14th January to 20th January ; 

 Straits of Magellan, 28th January to 5th 



February ; 

 Smythe's Channel, 5th to 10th February ; 



