THE OCEAN VOYAGE 141 



mer commander of Osomo, who, being a state prisoner, 

 was escorted on board by soldiers. 



After a rest of nine days in this magnificent harbor, 

 we weighed anchor on Saturday, the 18th of October. 

 No matter how destiny may shape my future in Amer- 

 ica, I shall always cherish a happy remembrance of 

 Corral and its paradisiacal surroundings. 



We started at nine o'clock with a light "West-South- 

 "West wind and passed Cape El Molino about half-past 

 twelve, and were once again in open sea. It was our 

 good fortune to have a brisk South wind which filled 

 our sails and hurried us along the coast, which we did 

 not lose sight of during the entire day. Toward even- 

 ing we observed the snow-capped volcanos of Villa Eica 

 and Osorno. 



There is hardly anything to be told of our journey 

 to Valparaiso, as the mild, warm weather and the quiet 

 ocean with an agreeable Southern breeze afforded very 

 little variety; in fact, one might almost as well have 

 made this trip while asleep. On "Wednesday, the 22d, 

 we reached the Bay of Valparaiso about daybreak. We 

 then steered under full sails right into the bay, but re- 

 ceived a setback at nine o'clock, when overtaken by a 

 complete calm which compelled us to call for tow boats 

 as we were still a mile from the place where anchoring 

 seemed desirable. 



The weather was warm and pleasant and while we 

 moved along at snail's pace one could follow the magnif- 

 icent panorama presented to our view which gradually 

 became more and more distant. The center of this splen- 

 did scene was the city of Valparaiso itself, which is 

 bnilt on a terrace; and it appears the more picturesque 

 as the sky-high, snow-capped Andes form an incompara- 

 bly beautiful background. 



"We anchored about one o'clock in the afternoon, a 

 quarter of a German mile from shore, and in the midst 

 of about three hundred merchant vessels and men-of- 

 war, which surrounded us very closely. 



At present I am unable to write much about Valpa- 



