TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



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After we had viewed the environs of Tarifa, the 

 company, including Baron Von Neveu, resolved to 

 return, in a small fishing boat, to Algesiras. We 

 all felt ourselves in an agreeable frame of mind, at 

 the view of this southern country, and delighted 

 with the peculiar romantic spirit of the Spanish 

 people, which is more freely manifested here, as it 

 generally is in the warmer countries, and our long- 

 ing after the tropical regions was increased. The 

 evening was delightful, the night clear and serene, 

 and the constellations of the northern hemisphere^ 

 reflected in the gently agitated waves of the strait, 

 appeared to us here at the mouth of the ocean, to 

 beam upon us with their friendly rays, as if to bid 

 us a last farewell. We had scarcely arrived at 

 Algesiras, when the ambassador received orders from 

 the Court of Vienna, for the Austria to proceed 

 alone to Rio de Janeiro, without waiting for the 

 rest of the convoy. As the news of the troubles of 

 Pernambuco had just then been received at Gib- 

 raltar, we congratulated ourselves on thus escaping 

 a further loss of time, which might be caused by 

 the continued delay of the Portuguese squadron. 

 We had been only one day in Algesiras, when the 

 east wind suddenly set in, and we were summoned 

 on board by a gun fired from the Austria, and the 

 hoisting of the signal flag. Towards noon a boat 

 appeared, with the news that the frigate would sail 

 in an hour, and immediately conveyed us on board. 



