VOYAGE 



^ H. M. S. RATTLESNAKE. 



CHAPTER I. 



OBJECTS OP THE VOYAGE — ADMIRALTY INSTEUCTIONS — HYDRO- 

 GRAPHEB's instructions — SAIL FROM PLYMOUTH — ABEIVE 

 AT MADEIRA — FUNCHAL — VISIT TO CURRAL — TRY FOR DEEP 

 SEA SOUNDINGS — CROSSING THE LINE — AR.RIVE AT EIO DE 

 JANEIRO — CITY OF EIO AND NEIGHBOURHOOD — DREDGING IN 

 BOTAFOGO BAY — SLAVERY — RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS — BRAZI- 

 LIAN CHARACTER — CROSS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC — TEMPEBA- 

 TDHE OF THE SEA — OCEANIC BIRDS — PELAGIC ANIMALS — 



ARRIVE AT Simon's bay — survey the bat — caffbe war 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAVES — ARRIVE AT MAURITIUS — • 



PORT LOUIS — VISIT TO PAMPLEMOUSSES — LA POUCE MOUN- 

 TAIN—TRY FOR DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS — ARRIVE AT HOBART 

 TOWN. 



H.M.S. Rattlesnake, one of the old class of 

 28-gun ships, was commissioned at Portsmouth on 

 September 24th, 1846, by the late Captain Owen 

 Stanley, with a complement of 180 officers and men. 

 The nature and objects of the intended voyag-e will 

 best be conveyed to the reader through the medium 

 of the following- instructions from the Admiralty, for 

 the use of which I am indebted to Lieut. C. B. Yule, 



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