Round Cape Horn : voyage of the passenger-ship James WPaige, from Maine to California in the year 1852 . e almost within view of the city, circumstancesbegin to wear a suspicious aspect. No vessel is to be seencoming from the harbor, from which we can obtain infor-mation with i-egard to the health of the city, and our cap-tain keeps a respectful distance from the coast, as thoughhe feared to meet one. True, he keeps up a show of goingin, by keeping off and on, but he begins to talk of losinghis labor and time, and we perceive that he has alreadydropped half a dozen miles to the leeward of the
Round Cape Horn : voyage of the passenger-ship James WPaige, from Maine to California in the year 1852 . e almost within view of the city, circumstancesbegin to wear a suspicious aspect. No vessel is to be seencoming from the harbor, from which we can obtain infor-mation with i-egard to the health of the city, and our cap-tain keeps a respectful distance from the coast, as thoughhe feared to meet one. True, he keeps up a show of goingin, by keeping off and on, but he begins to talk of losinghis labor and time, and we perceive that he has alreadydropped half a dozen miles to the leeward of the watch his every motion, and listen to every word withdeep anxiety. But he does not keep us long in hurried breakfast, of which I did not 2:)artake, is scarcely 28 ROUND CAPE HORN. passed, -^hen the order is given, square away the yards,and in an instant all our visions of Rio Janeiro have van-ished. We bid farewell to the city without seeing it,and to the tropics, without setting foot on their lands, andwith but one indistinct glimpse of the beautiful scenerywithin their S;?*^^^-- i
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