VOYAGE 



OF 



H. M. S. RATTLESNAKE. 



CHAPTER I. 



OBJECTS OF THE VOYAGE —ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS — HYDRO- 

 GRAPHEU'S INSTRUCTIONS — SAIL FROM PLYMOUTH —ARRIVE 



AT MADEIRA FUNCHAL — VISIT TO CURUAL TRY FOR DEEP 



SEA SOUNDINGS— CROSSING THE LINE — ARRIVE AT RIO DE 

 JANEIRO — CITY OF RIO AND NEIGHBOURHOOD — DREDGING IN 

 BOTAFOGO BAY — SLAVERY — RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS BRAZI- 

 LIAN CHARACTER CROSS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC TEMPERA- 

 TURE OF THE SEA — OCEANIC BIRDS — PELAGIC ANIMALS 



ARRIVE AT Simon's bay — survey the bay — caffre war. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAVES — ARRIVE AT MAURITIUS — ■ 



PORT LOUIS — VISIT TO PAMPLEMOUSSES LA POUCE MOUN- 

 TAIN—TRY FOR DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS — ARRIVE AT HOBART 

 TOWN. 



H.M.S. Rattlesnake^ one of the old class of 

 28-g*mi sliips^ was commissioned at Portsmouth on 

 September 24th^ 184G^ by the late Captain Owen 

 Stanley^ with a complement of 180 officers and men. 

 The nature and objects of the intended voyag-e will 

 best be conveyed to the reader throu^'h the medium 

 of the following- instructions from the Admiralty^ for 

 the use of which I am indebted to Lieut. C. B. Yule^ 

 VOL. I. B 



