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VOYAGE THROUGH 



having, as usual, fled to Tepic, and other inland 

 towns, to avoid the discomfort and sickness which 

 accompany the rains. 



As soon as the rains subside, in the latter end of 

 October, or beginning of November, the people re- 

 turn, although that is the period described as being 

 jnost unhealthy, when the ground is still moist, and 

 the heat of the sun not materially abated. 



No. XV. 



San BlaSy round Cape Horn^ to Rio de Janeiro, 

 15th of June to 12th of September 1822. 

 (89 Days.) 



The navigable distance of this passage, or that 

 over which a ship must run, without counting ca- 

 sual deviations, is 7550 miles, and includes every 

 variety of climate and weather. 



An inspection of the track in the chart which ac- 

 companies this Memoir, will give a better idea of 

 the extent and variety of this passage than any de- 

 scription can do. A few general remarks, however, 

 may have their use. We were recommended by the 

 i!>ld^st navigators at San Bias to get off the coast as 



