252 A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



much less dust. Then a few second and third class pas- 

 sengers went off to the lazaretto for eight days — happy- 

 beings ! — before being allowed to mix with the world. The 

 lazaretto is on the south side of the Tagus, a group of 

 fine-looking houses, pleasantly situated on high ground ; 

 but I'd rather not be compelled to visit it. We were 

 informed that a quarantine of five days is for the present 

 imposed on all vessels from England, owing to a reported 

 outbreak of cholera at Liverpool. 



For five hours we were compelled to stay here, much 

 annoyed at the ridiculous prohibition against going ashore, 

 as there was no yellow fever at Rio when we left, and we 

 had been out seventeen days without illness on board. At 

 length, when a beautiful sunset was bathing the town and 

 villages with a thousand warm tints, and forming even a 

 prettier picture than we had seen by day, we weighed 

 anchor and left for Pauillac. 



August i6. — During the night, when entering the Bay of 

 Biscay, we got into a belt of fog, so slowed down, and the 

 fog-horn sounded for two hours, much to the comfort (?) 

 of the passengers. 



The Bay of Biscay is smooth as oil. 



Two little birds, something like wrens, only with white 

 breasts, have been flying about the ship and settling on 

 the railings or boats ever since last night. A good many 

 small moths, apparently Pyralides, were flying about the 

 deck this evening ; yet we are out of sight of land. 



August 17. — Entered the Gironde at 8, and raced two 

 steamers (Swedish and Dutch) up to Pauillac, where we 

 anchored at midday. The officials, after shaking some dis- 

 infecting powder over our papers, examined them, and did 

 not put us in quarantine. 



Several of our fellow-passengers left here, including the 



