COAST OF BRAZIL. 



57 



a passage of eighty-nine days from leaving San 

 Bias. 



No. XVL 



Rio de Janeiro to Bahia^ or St Salvador. 

 25th of Novemher to ISth of December 1822. 

 f 18 Days.) 



This passage^ and that of his Majesty's ship Do- 

 ris, about the same time, serve to show how uncer- 

 tain the winds are on this coast. We sailed in the 

 Conway, on the 25th of November, met with north 

 and north-easterly winds off Cape Frio, which ob- 

 liged us to stand off for nine days, at the end of 

 which time we were one hundred and fifty miles 

 farther from Bahia than when we first sailed. The 

 wind nSSv shifted to the southward and S. W., with 

 a high swell, and much rain, and we reached our 

 port on the 1 Sth of December. 



The Doris sailed on the 5th of December, ten 

 days after the Conway, and reached Bahia on the 

 12th, one day before us. 



It so happened, that, immediately on leaving Rio, 

 she got the same southerly wind which carried us 



