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Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I: (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the; Austrian Navy.Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

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Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I: (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the; Austrian Navy.

Name: Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I: (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the; Austrian Navy.
Author: Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

Novara Expedition (1857-1859); Voyages around the world -- History -- 19th century

RIO DE JANEIRO.

   Brazil the Land of Contrasts.--Appearance of the City of Rio and
     its Environs.--Excursion to the Peak of Corcovado, and the
     Tejuca Waterfalls.--Germans in Rio.--Brazilian Literary Men.--
     Assacú (_Hura Brasiliensis_.)--Snake-bite as an Antidote
     against Leprosy.--Public Institutions.--Negroes of the
     Mozambique Coast.--The House of Misericordia.--Lunatic
     Asylum.--Botanical Garden.--Public Instruction.--
     Historico-Geographical Institution.--_Palæstra Scientifica._--
     Military Academy.--Library.--Conservatory of Music.--Sanitary
     Police.--Yellow Fever and Cholera.--Water Party on the Bay.--
     Chamber of Deputies.--Petropolis.--Condition of the Slave
     Population.--Prospects of German Emigration.--Suitability of
     Brazil as a Market for German Commerce.--Natural Products, and
     Exchange of Manufactures.--Audience of the Emperor and
     Empress.--Extravagant Waste of Powder for Salvoes.--Songs of
     the Sailors.--Departure from Rio.--Retrospect.--South-east
     Trades.--Cape Pigeons.--Albatrosses--Cape Tormentoso.--A Storm
     at the Cape.--Various Methods of Measuring the Height of
     Waves.--Arrival in Simon's Bay.                                   121


                              CHAPTER VI.

                          CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

   Contrasts of Scenery and Seasons at Cape Colony.--Ramble through
     Simon's Town.--Malay Population.--The Toad-fish, or
     Sea-devil.--Rondebosch and its delightful Scenery.--Cape
     Town.--Influence of the English Element.--Scientific and other
     Institutions.--Botanical Gardens.--Useful Plants.--Foreign
     Emigration.--A Caffre Prophet and the Consequences of his
     Prophecies.--Caffre Prisoners in the Armstrong Battery.--Five
     young Caffres take Service as Sailors on Board the _Novara_.--
     Trip into the Interior.--Stellenbosch.--Paarl.--Worcester.--
     Brand Vley.--The Mission of Moravian Brethren at Genaadendal.--
     Masticatories and intoxicating Substances used by the
     Hottentots.--Caledon.--Somerset West.--Zandvliet.--Tomb of a
     Malay Prophet.--Horse Sickness.--Tsetse-fly.--Vineyards of
     Constantia.--_Fête Champétre_ in Honour of the _Novara_.--
     Excursion to the actual Cape of Good Hope.--Departure.--A Life
     saved.--Experiments with Brook's Deep-sea Sounding Apparatus.--
     Arrival at the Island of St. Paul in the South Indian Ocean.      196


                             CHAPTER VII.

    THE ISLANDS OF ST. PAUL AND AMSTERDAM, IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN.

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