CHAP. III.] 



BAHIA TO THE CAPE. 



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At 2 P.M. we rounded tlie Cape, and signaled our number 

 to PI.M.S. Rattlesnake., just returned from the scene of the 

 Ashantee war ; and an hour later we cast anchor in Simon's 

 Bay, and bid farewell for many a long day to the friendly wa- 

 ters of the Atlantic. 



Penguius at Uome. 



