60 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



character by the outline of his features ; and he 

 doubted whether any one with my nose could possess 

 sufficient energy and determination for the voyage. 

 But I think he was afterwards well satisfied that my 

 nose had spoken falsely. 



Fitz-Roy's character was a singular one, with very 

 many noble features : he was devoted to his duty, 

 generous to a fault, bold, determined, and indomi- 

 tably energetic, and an ardent friend to all under his 

 sway. He would undertake any sort of trouble to 

 assist those whom he thought deserved assistance. 

 He was a handsome man, strikingly like a gentleman, 

 with highly courteous manners, which resembled those 

 of his maternal uncle, the famous Lord Castlereagh, 

 as I was told by the Minister at Rio. Nevertheless 

 he must have inherited much in his appearance from 

 Charles II., for Dr. Wallich gave me a collection of 

 photographs which he had made, and I was struck 

 with the resemblance of one to Fitz-Roy ; and on 

 looking at the name, I found it Ch. E. Sobieski 

 Stuart, Count d'Albanie, a descendant of the same 

 monarch. 



Fitz-Roy's temper was a most unfortunate one. It 

 was usually worst in the early morning, and with his 

 eagle eye he could generally detect something amiss 

 about the ship, and was then unsparing in his blame. 

 He was very kind to me, but was a man very difficult 

 to live with on the intimate terms which necessarily 

 followed from our messing by ourselves in the same 

 cabin. We had several quarrels ; for instance, early in 

 the voyage at Bahia, in Brazil, he defended and praised 



