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and sails, completely disabling us; fortunately the yacht "Mars" 

 (owner, Mr. R. Poppleton, of Bcrmondsey), seeing our signals of 

 distress, bore down to our assistance, took us on board, treated us 

 with every kindness, towed our disabled boat and put us on board the 

 " Oneida "; except for this timely help we mus-thave lost our passage. 

 Left Southampton at 3.30 p.m., passed the Needles at 5.30, and took a 

 last farewell of home and friends for at least two or three years. 

 Everything on board very clean and comfortable Seas rather heavy, 

 and much sea-sickness among the passengers, which, however, I 

 escaped, being a good sailor. Numbers of the Manx shearwater {Puf- 

 Jiniis Anglorum) in the Bay of Biscay; very interesting to watch their 

 peculiar flight : they seemed to be guided by a leader, every individual 

 sin)ultuneously showing first the dark side then the light under-side of 

 its plumage, similar to the dunlins. A lady passenger caused much 

 amusement by her fears, and threats to report to the Captain a design 

 she imagined to exist for filling her cabin with coals through one of 

 the " ventilators: " her ideas as to the use of these last arose from a 

 joking answer to an inquiry about the purpose for which they were 

 intended. 



Thursday, August 12, off Cape Finisterre. A whale seen. 



Friday, 13. Arrived at Lisbon; landed, and visited the town and 

 market: fruit very cheap and abundant; grapes three-halfpence 

 j)cr pound ; peaches eighteen for one shilling. Town well-constructed ; 

 inhabitants civil and obliging; scenery up the river very picturesque. 

 Left Lisbon at 2 p.m. Large numbers of flying-fish ; at times they 

 seemed like a shower on the water. 



Sunday, 15. Attended Divine Service. A bird very much resem- 

 bling the Cape pigeon came on board. Numbers of stormy petrels 

 round the ship, and several species of gulls. 



Monday, 10. Olf Teneriffe, 5 A. M. The diff'erent tints on the peak 

 as the sun rose very beautiful ; a village on the mountain seen to great 

 advantage, the white roofs standing out in bold relief against the 

 diirk mountain-sides. Wind very strong (but fair). Some little 

 excitement caused by the splitting of some of our sails, but life on 

 board being dull, most of us felt glad of anything for a change. 

 Flying- fish to-day by thousands, their gambols very pleasing to watch. 

 A large turtle passed the ship, the first I had ever seen in its native 

 element: saw also several Nautilus and cuttle-fish. 



August 19. Arrived at St. Vincent; landed and set to woik; 

 captured some fine spiders and several beetles. 



