25^,  6  A.M.  Air,  79°;  water,  80°;  barometer,  30.1°.  6
P.M.,  air,  80°  ;  water,  80.5°.  Air,  at  noon,  82°.  Sailed  to
day  as  steadily  as  if  traveling  on  a  rail-road,  and  under  a  sky
minutely  mottled  in  blue  and  white,  in  imitation  of  the  prettily-


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rippled  water.  For  two  weeks  we  have  had  twenty-one  sails
exposed  to  the  motive  currents,  and  seldom  have  they  been  dis
turbed  except  when  tightening  the  ropes.
Brazilians  have  here  a  splendid  theatre  for  steam  navigation,
extending  over  thirty  degrees  of  latitude,  and  bordering  one  of
the  choicest  departments  of  the  earth — one  comparatively  freo
from  storms,  and  where  the  severities  of  northern  seas  and
climes  are  wholly  unknown.
CHAPTER  IV.
Diagram  of  the  Ship's  Motions. — The  Ravels  at  Sea. — Sailing  in  Elysium. —
Worlds  are  Ships  of  the  Almighty  Merchant. — The  Nebulse  his  Ship-yards. —
The  Ocean  a  Type  of  the  Sea  of  Life. — Abrolhos  and  Squalls. — Cape  Frio. —
Land-breeze. — Sea-breeze. — Sugar-loaf. — Enter  the  Bay. — Former  Treatment
of  Foreigners. — Table  of  Latitudes  and  Longitudes  during  the  Voyage.
COULD  the  complexity  and  infinity  of  curves  one's  person  is
compelled  to  go  through  be  transferred  to  paper,  they  would  con
vey  to  landsmen  a  better  idea  than  could  otherwise  be  imparted
of  the  pitchings,  swings,  and  shakes  seafarers  undergo ;  of  the
intricate  and  erratic  lines  their  heads,  without  ceasing,  trace  in
air.  The  best  apology  for  sea-sick  travelers,  it  would  excite
surprise  that  the  brains  of  many  are  not  addled.
