CONTENTS OF VOL. L 



CHAPTER I. 



Farewell to England — Lord Mount Edgecumbe's gardens 

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

 Gun-room politeness — Moustafa, the German renegade 

 — French vessel in sight — Heavy swell — Porto Santo — 

 Its first discovery — Arrival at Madeira . 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 Visit to the governor — A Portuguese garden — A Pedroite 

 dinner-party — Madeira ladies — An attack and retreat — 

 Unpleasant company— A Portuguese quinta or country- 

 house — Dinner at Funchal — Masquerade — Portuguese 

 beauties — A native dance — A convent and a beautiful 

 nun — Departure from Madeira. . 10 



CHAPTER III. 

 Flying-fish — Harpooning — Heat — Monotony of sea-life — 

 Moonlight at sea — Liquid illumination — Phosphores- 

 cent animalculse — Approach to the line — A suspicious 

 craft — Crossing the line — Neptunian ceremonies — 

 The trade-winds — Arrival at Rio — Unequalled beauty 

 of the scene . . . . 21 



CHAPTER IV, 

 Mr. Gore Ouseley's villa — Ball at the Russian consul- 



