FAREWELL TO BRAZIL. 55 
and believed that the heat of this climate did 
not agree with her health. 
On the 27th of November, all our stores 
being laid in, bidding a cordial farewell to Bra- 
zil, I returned to my ship, intending to continue 
our voyage on the following day. Accordingly 
at five o'clock on the morning of the 28th we 
spread our sails, and the ebb-tide and a light 
breeze from the North, bore us slowly from this 
lovely coast. The wind soon slackened ; and we 
should have been greatly embarrassed but for a 
number of boats sent by the English squadron, 
then lying in the roads, to tow us out to sea, 
by which seasonable assistance we were enabled 
to clear the bay before evening. The heat of 
Brazil had not injured the health of our crew. 
Fresh provisions, much fruit and vegetables, 
good lemonade instead of the ordinary drink, 
and a sea bath every evening, were the means 
I employed for the prevention of sickness. The 
men were in the best spirits for encountering 
the storms of the Southern ocean ; and I destined 
the port of Conception, on the coast of Chili, 
for a resting-place, after having surmounted 
the difficulties of doubling Cape Horn. 
