O SPOUTING ADVENTUKES 



nation could shake it. At all events the case 

 went before the Brazilian Court, on which 

 occasion I attended, accompanied by an officer 

 of the ship ; no conclusion could be arrived at, 

 and as there was no cause for our further 

 detention we sailed from Rio on the 18th of 

 October, and were soon bowling off eleven 

 knots an hour, leaving the beautiful mountains 

 of Brazil under our lee. 



Six days of favourable winds carried us to 

 the latitude of the Rio de la Plata, off which 

 we encountered a "pampero :" during the gale 

 we lost one of our boats, and received some 

 slight damages. Fine weather succeeded, and 

 on the 2nd of November we sighted the low 

 and barren shores of the Falkland Islands. 



When rounding Volunteer Point, with the 

 lighthouse at the entrance to Port Stanley in 

 view, we met with such a furious gale in our 

 teeth, accompanied by so heavy a sea, that we 

 could make no headway against it ; so, bearing 

 up, we anchored in the snug harbour of Port 

 Louis, which lay conveniently under our lee. 



