A Voyage in the Sunbeam

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A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', by Annie Allnut

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Title: A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'
Author: Annie Allnut Brassey
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Transcriber's Notes:
1. The first page of Chapter VIII: the last line of text was partially missing, and a best guess was made on a few words.
2. Page 72: Typograpical error, 'nndertaking' changed to 'undertaking'.
3. Page 55, paragraph starting "Santa Anna", corrected 'past' to 'part'.

A VOYAGE IN THE 'SUNBEAM'
Our Home on fhe Ocean for Eleven Months
by
MRS. BRASSEY
Illustrated
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co.
1881

[Illustration: CAPE BRASSEY: SMYTHS SOUND]

DEDICATION
To the friends in many climes and countries, of the white and coloured races, and of every grade in society, who have made our year of travel a year of happiness, these pages are dedicated by the ever grateful Author
[Illustration: Portrait of the Author]

PREFACE.
This volume needs no elaborate preface. A general sketch of the voyage which it describes was published in the 'Times' immediately after our return to England. That letter is reprinted here as a convenient summary of the 'Sunbeam's' performances. But these prefatory lines would indeed be incomplete if they did not contain a well-deserved tribute to the industry and accuracy of the author. The voyage would not have been undertaken, and assuredly it would never have been completed, without the impulse derived from her perseverance and determination. Still less would any sufficient record of the scenes and experiences of the long voyage have been preserved had it not been for her painstaking desire not only to see everything thoroughly, but to record her impressions faithfully and accurately. The practised skill of a professional writer cannot reasonably be expected in these simple pages, but their object will have been attained if they are the means of enabling more home-keeping friends to share in the keen enjoyment of the scenes and adventures they describe.
THOMAS BRASSEY
[Illustration]

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I.
FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND
II. MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, AND CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS
III. PALMA TO RIO DE JANEIRO
IV. RIO DE JANEIRO
V. THE RIVER PLATE
VI. LIFE ON THE PAMPAS
VII. MORE ABOUT THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
VIII. RIVER PLATE TO SANDY POINT, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
IX. SANDY POINT TO LOTA BAY
X. CHILI
XI. SANTIAGO AND VALPARAISO
XII. VALPARAISO TO TAHITI
XIII. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
XIV. AT TAHITI
XV. TAHITI TO SANDWICH ISLANDS--KILAUEA BY DAY AND BY NIGHT
XVI. HAWAIIAN SPORTS
XVII. HONOLULU--DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN
XVIII. HONOLULU TO YOKOHAMA
XIX. YOKOHAMA
XX. KIOTO, LATE MIACO
XXI. THE INLAND SEA
XXII. TO CANTON UP THE PEARL RIVER
XXIII. FROM MACAO TO SINGAPORE
XXIV. SINGAPORE
XXV. CEYLON
XXVI. TO ADEN
XXVII. VIA SUEZ CANAL
XXVIII. 'HOME'
APPENDIX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
WOODCUTS IN TEXT.
CAPE BRASSEY: SMYTH'S SOUND
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
SUNSET ON SOUTHAMPTON WATER
NEARLY OVERBOARD
THE DERELICT 'CAROLINA' LADEN WITH PORT WINE
OUR FIRST VIEW OF MADEIRA
MADEIRA FISH-CARRIER
A COZY CORNER
A PALM-TREE IN A GARDEN, OROTAVA, TENERIFFE
TARAFAL BAY, ST. ANTONIO
FATHER NEPTUNE
HIS DOCTOR (CROSSING THE LINE)
LULU AND HER PUPPIES
VESPERS
BOTAFOGO BAY
THE SLAVE VILLAGE, FAZENDA, SANTA ANNA
THE THREE NAVIGATORS
PRAIRIE DOGS AND OWLS
DEVIL'S HORNS
LA CALERA
INDIANS AT AZUL
LASSOING HORSES
'MONKSHAVEN' ON FIRE
SHIPWRECKED CREW COMING ON BOARD
FUEGIAN WEAPONS
FUEGIAN BOW AND ARROWS
PIN FOR FASTENING CLOAK, MADE FROM A DOLLAR BEATEN OUT
FUEGIAN BOAT AND OARS
BARTERING WITH FUEGIANS
THORNTON PEAKS
GLACIERS, SNOWY SOUND
UNFIT BAY
TWO-PEAKED MOUNTAIN
INDIAN REACH
CATCHING CAPE-PIGEONS IN THE GULF OF PE?AS
CHILIANS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
A FELLOW PASSENGER
BATHS OF CAUQUENES
UP THE VALLEY TOWARDS THE ANDES
CACTI OF THE CORDILLERA
HUASSO HUTS
HUASSO OF CHILI
MORNING MASS AT SANTIAGO
WHAT MAKES HORSES GO IN CHILI
JUVENILE SCRUBBERS
CONVERSATION AT SEA
INSCRIPTION FROM EASTER ISLAND
TATAKOTOROA OR CLARKE ISLAND
GOING UP THE MAST IN A CHAIR
CHILDREN LOOKING UP
OUR FIRST LANDING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, HAO OR BOW ISLAND
MAITEA
MAITEAN BOATMAN
QUARANTINE ISLAND, PAPEETE
UNDER THE TREES, PAPEETE
CH?TODON TRICOLOR
CH?TODON PLAGMANCE
WATERFALL AT FAATAUA
A TAHITIAN LADY
TROPIC FEATHERS
CH?TODON BESANTII
TATTOO IN THE TROPICS
FEATHER NECKLACE
WAR NECKLACE
ANCIENT WAR MASKS AND COSTUMES FROM THE MUSEUM AT HONOLULU
CHALCEDON IMPERATOR
FEATHERED CLOAK AND HELMETS
THE PALI-OAHU
ZEUS CILIARIS
AMATEUR NAVIGATION
LITTLE REDCAP
JAPANESE BOATS
FUJIYAMA, JAPAN
A DRAG ACROSS THE SAND IN A JINRIKISHA
INOSHIMA BY A JAPANESE ARTIST
JAPANESE BOATMAN
FACSIMILE OF OUR LUNCHEON BILL
A FAMILY GROUP
WAYSIDE TRAVELLERS
ARRIMA. THE VILLAGE OF BAMBOO BASKET WORK
YOKEN SAN OR SACRED MOUNTAIN, INLAND SEA
HURUSIMA, INLAND SEA
HOW WE WERE BOARDED BY CHINESE AND DISPERSED THEM
CHINESE VISITING CARDS
PEARL RIVER
BOGUE FORTS
CHINESE PAGODA AND BOATS
THE FRENCH CONSULATE, CANTON
CHINESE FOOT AND BOOT
MAHARAJAH OF JOHORE'S HOUSE
THE PET MANIS
MALACCA
HOW THE JOURNAL WAS WRITTEN
PEACOCK MOUNTAIN, CEYLON
SOUMALI INDIAN, ADEN
STRAITS OF BAB-EL-MANDEB
BEATING UP THE RED SEA
HOMEWARD BOUND
FALDETTA, MALTA
ARMOURY IN THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE, VALETTA
TANGIER
VASCO DA GAMA
BELEM CLOISTER GARDENS
OUR WELCOME BACK OFF HASTINGS
HOME AT LAST

NOTE.
I have to thank Mr. W. Simpson, author of 'Meeting the Sun,' for the passages given on pages 341 to