SPORTING ADVENTURES IN 

 THE PACIFIC. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON the 26th of August, 1871, her Majesty's 

 steam sloop " Reindeer " sailed from Plymouth 

 Sound, bound for the Pacific station. No par- 

 ticular incident occurred on the passage to 

 Madeira, where we arrived on the eighth day 

 after leaving England. 



j During our stay at this lovely island some of 

 us made an expedition to the Raba9al, a pic- 

 turesque spot amongst the mountains, in search 

 of sport and scenery. 



Starting at night by boat, we had made 

 fifteen miles by daylight, when we landed and 



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