CONTENTS. 
The author embarks as a Writer for Bombay — Beak of Tenerife — Cape 
de Verd islands — St. Jago briefly described— sail for the Cape of 
Good Hope — obliged to steer to the coast of Brazil — arrival at 
Bio de Janeiro — beauty of the country — brilliancy of the birds — 
Humming-birds described — serpents and reptiles — City of St. Se- 
bastian — inhabitants — provisions — natives of Brazil — gold and. 
diamond mines — departure from South America— Tristan deCunha 
— Table land— storms off the Cape of Good Hope — Ocean Fish — 
dying Dolphin-ship on fire- — calms — sea-scurvy— funeral ceremony 
at sea — public worship on board a large vessel a delightful spec- 
tacle — monotony and distress in long calms — discovery of land ! — 
Malabar coast — settlement of Cochin — Calicut — Tellicherry — 
Mangalore— Goa harbour , and city — arrival at Bombay . 
