10 
EIO JANEIRO. 
We gazed long and eagerly for the first view of 
land, and our patience was rewarded at length by 
the sight of the famous headland named Cajie Frio 
looming from the distant horizon, a dim undulating 
line with clouds resting on it. Passing this bare 
inhospitable promontory, we wefe soon in sight of 
the higli rocky and irregular coast which forms the 
safe and wide anchorage of Kio. 
The famous harbour of Eio Janeiro presents a 
view of unparalleled beauty. The scenery around 
it, indeed, is said to be the most magnificent in the 
world. As at the decline of day, Ave sailed under 
a cloud of canvas, with the wind blowing softly 
behind, the impression produced on my mind — as 
it must be on the mind of cveiyone endowed with 
a perception of the beautiful in nature — was that 
of a scene of enchantment. 
Eio Janeiro — so named by its discoverer De 
Sausa — is a misnomer; for, though a number of 
small rivem flow into the bay from the Organ 
Mountains, what is called Eio harbour is in reality 
a noble land-locked bay. 
