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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Sail from the Sandwich Islands — Northern Polynesia — Bird's Island — Man-of- 

 war Rock — Lisiansky Island — Caution to Navigators — Pearl and Hermes 

 Island — Byers's Island — An unknown Island — Steer towards the Continent — 

 Clipperton's Rock — A Wild-goose Chase for St. Vincent Island — Arrive at the 

 Gallapagos Islands — Return to the Coast of Peru — Bay and Town of Sechura 

 — City of Piura — Directions for entering the Port of Sechura — Bay and Town 

 of Payta — Port of St. Pedro — Bay and Town of Ferrol — Natural Productions — 

 Cinchona, or Peruvian Bark — Animals, &c. — Arrive at the Port of Chorillos 215 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Isthmus of Darien — Letter from a Traveller — Town of Porto Bello — How to pre- 

 vent a wet Jacket — An excellent Dinner, and Wine with an Excellency — Canoe 

 Navigation — Gloomy Prospects — Town and River Chagres — Ascending the 

 River — Crossing the Isthmus — Town of Cruces — The Pizarro Road — Coming 

 to an Anchor — Emotions excited by a first View of the Pacific — City of Panama 

 — Importance of a Passport — Projected Canal across the Isthmus — Ruins of old 

 Panama — An Earthquake — The Gulf of Panama 231 



CHAPTER IX. 



Surrender of the Castles of Callao, by General Rodil, to the Patriots — Dreadful 

 Effects of the Siege — General Quintanilla surrenders the Island ofChiloe — Visit 

 the Ruins of Pachamcamac, a magnificent Temple of the Sun — Homeward- 

 bound — Strait of Magellan — Two Excursions into the Interior — Entertained 

 by a Tribe of Patagonians — Their Stature and Hospitality — Human Skeletons 

 of a gigantic Size — Touch at the Falkland Islands — A fruitless Search for Island 

 Grande — Arrive at New-York 243 



THIRD VOYAGE. 

 CHAPTER I. 



The Schooner Antarctic, built expressly for this Voyage — Sails from New-York 

 — Reflections on leaving Land — A vertical Sun — Arrive at the Cape Verd 

 Islands — General Description of the Group — Island of St. Antonio, with its 

 natural Productions — St. Lucia — St. Vincent — St. Nicholas — Natural Produc- 

 tions — Indolence and Slavery — A Peep at the Interior — Condition of the Slaves 

 — The Influence of Music — Abundance of Fish — Island of Sal — Dreary Aspect 

 of the Country — Arrive at the Island of Bonavista . . .... 253 



CHAPTER II. 



Island of Bonavista — Town and Harbour — Interview with the Governor — The 

 Art of Begging illustrated — View of the Island — Natural Productions — Sail- 

 ing Directions — The Leton Rocks — Island of Mayo — St. Jago, or Santiago — 

 Port Praya — Breakfast with the Captain-general — A walk with the Ladies — A 

 Peep at the Country — View the Fortifications — Military Establishment — A 

 Dinner-party — Bay and Anchorage — Volcano of Fogo, or Fuego — Island of 

 Brava — Imaginary Dangers 264 



CHAPTER III. 



The Cape of Good Hope — A Brief History and Description of the Colony — Sal- 

 danha Bay — St. Helen's Bay — Berg or Mountain River — The Vale of Draken- 

 stein — Oliphant or Elephant River — Koussie River — Cape Voltas — Volcanic 

 Productions — Projected Speculation — The Gariep or Orange River — Angras 

 Juntas Bay — Whale Bay — Possession Island — Elizabeth Bay — A Peep at the 



