ing-fish for breakfast. Lat. 22 deg. 23'. S. Lon.
35 deg. 9'. W. Cape Frio, S. 84 deg. W. 364 miles.

_Thursday, 17_.--Fresh breezes, and cloudy until noon. Afternoon,
moderate and fine. Lat. 22 deg. 34'. S. Lon. 34 deg. 7'. W. Found a sore
throat coming on, accompanied with fever, the effect of a severe cold
caught by remaining on deck late at night. I had also frequently got wet
during the blowing weather, by the sea breaking over the vessel: and,
unfortunately, had not recommenced wearing flannel, having abandoned the
use of it at Fernando Po, in consequence of the exhaustion it produced
by the excessive sultriness of the weather.

_Friday, 18_.--Two Cape pigeons were hovering over the vessel to-day;
they were the first we had seen; and it is very possible, that they had
recently deserted some vessel which they had followed from the Cape of
Good Hope. They are a small sea-fowl, about the size of a pigeon, from
which resemblance they derive their name. They are to be seen in great
numbers off the Cape, as well as in the higher southern latitudes.

At noon, Lat. 22 deg. 34'. S. Lon. 38 deg. 27'. W. Cape Frio, S. 82
deg. W. 200 miles. Soon after noon, the discoloration of the sea
indicated the proximity of land, although, by our reckoning, it should
have been far distant; however, we saw it at sunset, bearing N.W. by N.
about 15 miles, which we supposed to be the Cape St. Thomas, when we
sounded in 33 fathoms sand, with black and white specks. Stood to the
southward for the night.

_Saturday, 19_.--Soon after daylight, we saw the land. At noon, Cape
Frio, W.N.W. about 12 miles. Lat. 23 deg. 7'. S. Lon. 39 deg. 25'. W.
At two in the afternoon, we passed a warlike looking schooner under
Brazilian colours. At sunset. Cape Frio, E.N.E. about eight miles.
Continued our course for the harbour of Rio de Janeiro till midnight,
when we hove to for daylight.

_Sunday, 20_.--At daylight, we made all sail with a light breeze, for
the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. At two in the afternoon, sounded in forty
fathoms; Sugar Loaf Hill bearing N.W. At eight in the evening, we came
to an anchor abreast of the forts, at the entrance of the harbour.[51]

_Monday, 21_.--At daylight, we found the most splendid scenery open to
our view: a clear atmosphere, and a sky so serene, that the distant
mountains blended softly into the heavens, while the picturesque
grouping of objects in the vicinity, completed a beautiful _coup
d'oeil_, which it is