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HOME PASSAGE FROM COQUIMBO TO RIO JANEIRO. 



June Sd to July 2lst, 1828. 



This passage was considerably lengthened by not getting to 

 the westward in low latitudes. From the time of leaving 

 Coquimbo there was a difficulty in making progress in that 

 direction, and we could scarcely weather Massa Fuera. 

 From here the weather became boisterous, the breeze gene- 

 rally beginning at W.N.W., and ending in a moderate gale 

 at S. W. ; then backing again, and in the course of the 

 twenty-four hours finishing at S. W., blowing hard, as usual ; 

 so that what distance was gained to the westward in the early 

 part of the day was lost toward the close of it. In this man- 

 ner we were driven down upon the coast, and obliged to stand 

 to the westward, when, had we been a hundred miles further 

 off shore, we should have had a fair wind. On the 22d June 

 we had an easterly wind, which veered to S.E., and drove us 

 away to the latitude 56o 18' S. and longitude 75° W., when 

 we encountered S. by E. winds, which carried us past Cape 

 Horn on the 30th. Our winds were now fair; but off the 

 Falkland Islands they were variable, until they settled in the 

 E.S.E. quarter. With this we advanced to 35o N., when 

 we encountered N.E. and N.W. gales, with heavy cross seas, 

 and then several pamperos, which were attended by vivid 

 lightning. We afterwards made progress to the northward, 

 and arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 21st July. 



In this passage, which was made in the depth of winter, the 

 greatest cold was 21 "J. From Cape Horn to the Falkland 

 Islands we had thick showers of snow, and had we been 

 bound the opposite way, I have no doubt we should have 

 felt the weather severely. The barometer, as on the former 

 occasion, proved an invaluable monitor. From the time 

 we quitted Massa Fuera mitil we were off Staten Land, the 

 winds were advantageous for making the passage to the Pa- 

 cific, and so far they favour the opinion of the winter time 

 being the most desirable for this purpose. The current in 



