SOUTH AMERICA 



AND 



THE PACIFIC. 



CHAPTER I. 



Farewell to England — Lord Mount Edgecumbe's gar- 

 dens — Miseries of a sea-voyage — Sea-sickness and its 

 cure — Gun-room — Moustafa — French vessel in sight — 

 Heavy swell — Porto Santo — Its first discovery — Arrival 

 at Madeira. 



August 2d, 1834, H. M. S. North Star, 

 on her passage to Madeira. 



Being attached to H. M. mission at 

 Rio de Janeiro, I took leave of England at 

 Plymouth. I embarked, indeed^ at Ports- 

 mouth, with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, who are 



VOL. I. B 



