ouched at Bow Island in the Low Archipelago,
Maitea and Tahiti in the Society Islands, and Hawaii and Oahu in the
Sandwich group. On January 21 we sighted Assumption in the Ladrones,
and on the 29th arrived at Yokohama. While in Japan we were present at
the opening of the railway from Osaka to Kioto by the Mikado, and
subsequently cruised in the Inland Sea in severe winterly weather. At
Simonoseki we found the people much agitated by the recent outbreak of
the Satsuma clan. On February 19 we bade a reluctant farewell to
Japan, and following the most direct route to England, visited in
succession Hongkong, Canton, Macao, Singapore, Johore, Malacca,
Penang, Galle, Colombo, Aden, Alexandria, Malta, Gibraltar, and
Lisbon.

Having given the principal dates, the story of the voyage will be most
rapidly completed by entering our successive passages in a tabular
statement:

Miles

Steam Sail Total

Thames and English Channel 193 205 398

Torbay to Madeira 353 874 1,227

Madeira to Orotava (Teneriffe) 164 72 236

Orotava to Tarafal Bay (San Antonio, Cape Verde) 35 886 921

Tarafal Bay to Rio Janeiro 689 2,647 3,336

Rio to Monte Video and Buenos Ayres 509 712 1,221

Buenos Ayres to Possession Bay
(Straits of Magellan). 816 524 1,340

In Straits of Magellan and Smyth's Channel 565 -- 565

To Lota and Valparaiso 634 500 1,134

Valparaiso to Yokohama, calling at Hao in
the Paumotu Group, Maitea and Tahiti in
the Society Islands, and Hawaii and Oahu
in the Sandwich Group 2,108 10,225 12,333

Yokohama to Kobe and Simonoseki, through
the Inland Sea 653 -- 653

Simonoseki to Hongkong 395 1,015 1,410

Hongkong to Singapore 312 1,251 1,563

Singapore to Point de Galle, calling at the
Straits Settlements 1,668 -- 1,668

Galle to Colombo and Aden 2,202 -- 2,202

Aden to Suez 807 551 1,358

Suez to Alexandria 436 -- 436

Alexandria to Cowes, touching at Mal