A voyage round the world : including an embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835, 1836, and 1837 / by W.S.W. Ruschenberger.

  • Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895.
Date:
1838
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Credit: A voyage round the world : including an embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835, 1836, and 1837 / by W.S.W. Ruschenberger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CHAPTER II. VOYAGE AROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ZANZIBAR. September, 1835. By the third of July the ship had been refitted, and to reciprocate civilities which had been extended to us, the officers of the ward- room, on the sixth, gave an entertainment on board. As is usual on such occasions the decks were dressed with bunting, flags, flowers and lights, supported and reflected by bright bayonets, cutlasses and pikes, disposed in the form of chandeliers. Music was ob- tained on shore, and suited well both feet and ears. About eight o'clock P. M. the company assembled, danced, walked, talked, ate, and congeed at three in the morn. People of several nations and sorts were present, civil and military, in black and in embroidered coats. The beauty of many of the ladies might be praised; but there was one, a Brazilian, scarcely sixteen, and already married, whose charms were declared beyond eulogy, by those who had 'seen balls and revels in their time.' The night passed away gaily, and many flattering compliments to our taste were paid by our guests. They assured us, that it was the most brilliant affair that had taken place afloat in the harbor of Rio; several invitations were extended to the officers by Brazilians, an unusual circumstance, and we were informed one or two entertain- ments were to be given on its account. On.the 12th of July we put to sea, accompanied by the U. S. Schoon- er Enterprise, Lieutenant-Commandant, Archibald S. Campbell, but soon found her to be so indifferent a sailer, that it was determined by the Commodore to appoint a rendezvous and part company. In obedience to a signal she came close alongside, and the orders, tied in a piece of canvass and loaded with lead, were thrown on board. That night we parted Crossing the Southern Atlantic, attended by a common succession of fair and foul weather, we doubled the Cape of Good Hope and