for the propriety cf sending me to my native 

 cor. -.try'. 



I am determined to follow your advice in keep- 

 ing my mind constantly occupied ; and as you 

 have often satd that there is no place in which 

 something interesting may not be observed, I 

 shall at once begin the journal you desired me 

 to keep. It shall be ready to fold up whenever 

 an opportunity may occur ; so that I shall have 

 the pleasure of making you and my sister, dear 

 Marianne, frequently share with me in all that I 

 see, and all that I enjoy. 



20th. For a day or two after our last faint 

 view of the woody heights of Cabo Frio, I was 

 diverted by the number of pretty land-birds, and 

 even butterflies, that came about the ship, and 

 fluttered in the rigging ; and as they gradually 

 disappeared I amused myself, as long as I was 

 able, in gazing on the sea, and in watching the 

 little waves as they dashed against the ship's side. 

 That pleasure soon ceased, for they became so 

 rough that I suffered very much from sickness : 

 but this evening there has been scarcely any 

 wind ; the dark blue sea is almost as smooth as 

 a mirror, and I can walk, and read, and write, 

 as if I was on shore. The captain took me on 

 deck to see the sun setting behind the western 

 horizon ; it was indeed a beautiful sight, and 

 the broad red line of light reflected from the 



