Course ■
'across the
*- hikilt of Novembers the land ‘Brazils was.* seen
“ at The distance -öfó ten leagues! Thus, wasithe voyage
perforated, from England to * South America, in .One
“ dayieSs-^thkh_two months. If, from this time,- nine-
“ -tëfen days, during which the ships were at,anchor at
“ Madeira,'Teifieriffe, and St. Jago,ofee deducted, it will
$&cbe found, that each day’s'sailing must, upon.an ave-
“ iiigepb^ve exceeded/one hundred and fifty, miles,, and
| ‘ that the whole passage was as quicË®s$fiad bEerayre-
“ membered. The land} which had been >seep^.! layrto
“ the northward of the island called Frio, and was. very
“ high and irregular, having! remarkable :peaks,. with
“ white* vertical streaks, resemblimg'f..at sl- distance/feas-
“ cades'of water, OTS-veins of marbleéoSteerisng southerly
^Wg^ards Frio, a small island is perceived, of-^msde-
“ rate height, detached from the main land aboututhcree
“ milesV and there appears a clear!passage between it
5‘ and the land. The island of Frio lies: about south-
“ west, eight leagues from the former?;-The sfigr^be-
“ tween them seems perfectly Tree Trom dangers The
“ land of Frio is high, with a hollow in : the middle,
“ which gives it; at a distance, the resemblance of two
“ separate islands. The passage between Frio .and • the
“ continent is about a mile broad, and seems clear from
“ shoals. The latitude is thirty-two- degrees two mi-
“ nutes south; longitude, by observations, .forty-one
'‘ degrees thirty-one minutes forty-five: seconds west.
“ In sailing; westward! towards Rio de Janeiro, the shore Jgotfiie
sbis përtfeiyèfcf to-be hovered with whste^sand ; thedan’d
‘.k^egufar and high,-, with tvp>;W three" smalL islands
i ^Captain-Mackintosh, froim.Axpehfence, .recommends
to ships,'bound1 for the harbour ©f Rio jfde Jabeiro,
Jss'!afier getting in with*. Gape^Friof. instead * of , ^fceeiteg
•ï^dalohg ',shorej!'imi;s:hapeIifeheik*>c€uiTse, between sou-th-
“ west and■ south-west-;Kyi.west!>for twelveffg^f(p|teen
si lêagnfes.u To thi^fdistauce thé*' land WmddeXirfèntls*.
| The'dbrerioons, ingeneril», are calin, but a^Wst!©^^'
,“ afternöómfa’ frfeshtjsea breezeSsstsjdn- from the" south-
fd/yelüd Itds proper.to^sfe'ery.in a diteét cba^e, from
ksheüfeeMd thé small islands lying.tunderThe ,gfê,a;tin-
' “i-clinihg Sugar-loaf* on thmwestern side of Ihe entrance1*;
Miihto Rio harbdur; .From* these small islands the, wind
,“ will, car%<thff ship to febe* apposite^side of. the har-
“ hour's mouthi where-the fort óf Sahta.Cru^i'fcsituatèd',
“ and: which. may be* approaehed within fifty yards’,
“ and from thenk# Safely and quickly, into'harbour.”
Captain Mackintosh adds, “ that in;his first voyage: to
“ this place, by keeping in shore*, he spent five days of
i ‘ »very unpleasant and Troublesome navigation- bèforè
‘.‘ he could get iiita the harbour; whereas, by the mè- i
“ thod now laid down, he eame' the. same distance in
“ much less than, twentyTour hours, and withb great
“ ease and satisfaction.”