A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



CHAPTER I. 



OUTWARD BOUND. 



R.M.SS. " Cotopaxi" English Channel. 



June 8, 1883. — Arriving at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 

 on the evening of the sth, I was introduced by the heads 

 of the firm to the remainder of the staff (ten, counting 

 myself) who form the expedition for the survey of the 

 railway. The firm subsequently entertained us all at an 

 excellent dinner, when " success to the expedition " was 

 enthusiastically drunk, in addition to other toasts, and a 

 few speeches were made. 



We left Liverpool about 12.30 on the 6th inst., having 

 been kept waiting an hour and a half on the landing stage 

 for our tender amid a motley throng of emigrants for 

 America, principally German and Norwegian. We passed 

 the Great Orme's Head about three, and Holyhead at four. 

 Quite close to the head we had a splendid view of the fine 

 precipitous rocks going down right into the sea. About 

 8 a.m. on the 7th, we saw Land's End, and passed very 

 near to it about 10 a.m., leaving it on the left and the Wolf 

 Rock lighthouse on the right. 



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