, 1875-03-01

AMI 1T. Ambrose, which form rather picturesque
objects, rising N they do abruptly IN rnil-ocean.
mas Of lnre granite, bcing about mi!es in
lenptl, and risInY 10 \ height Of t,50O feet.
Beside it ilo Two Or three small tockn, t'nepibg
aboye tho surfaco of tho rater. Two higl, rocks
wost Is The large.t Of tho two. and cxtenan into
tat surface. while bonido II rines tho other,
contcat ma-b Ut rock which lr, believe. traccd
by thu nams of tusnbirton. They nic. of coutse,
great
RENDEZVOUS FOR nfnns
An mncnae humber t!ocked around tic ship
while in that vicinity. The following day we
crossed tho TIopic Of Capricorn, aud were snco
aga!n within tho nslmy air Of tho Tropics, aud
aftor lhla came IN for tie southeast trades.
Thus far wo Ind not bcon abls 70 eatcl, =
glimrsc of tho Sorthern Gross. which. owing 10
the AoaAnn OF tho yehr, did not rise ILL shortly
before daybreak. III, in order to
BEHOLD Ttl1a coSsrEi.LArloy,
which Ia regarded n tho triRhteht In
tho hcnvenu, i arose befors lasireak, aud
had D good view Ut both tho S0ntl!efn EFoHs
and tlo Magellan Cloudn. Thoss latter arc three
nebul,p, situated beneath the Southern Crons,
1nil4y-way. Tho stars wlliel, form tic Cross arc
four in Humbor. situAssd, n II we're 1t tho ex-
trenitics Of tho four arms; but thcir br1l!iancy
did not qnite c1unl my expectations. nor, indeed,
much surpaes tie lussro OF the surrounding stars.
o., tho following day. however. we behold tbs
Northern Cfoss TO speak tIgutatiycly) for late
In the afternoon We found ourselves on the north
Bdo Of tho Equator. -
WE cnossED THE LINZ
about o'clock =. fn., hAring occupied nineteen
days in our run from tho Strata T!,,n day
3touut Cl4imbosaxo WIS diseerncd on TIM coast,
whicl, IL the loftieAt volcano In America,
being over 2l,U00 feet In height.
]'cfors reaching Panama Nc paeEed inHanso
iuu,bera OF turtles. whose rn,lndcd tackb wero
rcen fat and wido over the smooth and placid
waters also, large nc1lool vi macKerel followed
tbs nip for long distance. Ihey. nH'sn very
,apidiy ard quite ncar tile surface of the water,
thoif backs boing of \ bluiah color.
WE ARRIVED AT PANAMA
on the 2tst OF December. Where no remained al
anchor IN the bay for almost two weeks. vK-
lied tho towu scseral tl1ueB. 1t Is aGualns old
place. inclorod by high rampant running ont
into tho tsy which IL ov6rgroan With iuoss aud
tropical plants. Like the majority of these old
Spanish tow1s, its streets a1e Ill harrow. aud it's
houses bt,itt Of stucco with coflicat roofs OF rcd
tiling. This antiquatcd appearance Is still
further carried out BY tho number Of old ruius
principal object rorshy Of notice III tho
1nAsD OLD CATHEDRAL
which frontg on tho PalRzA, and ss said to bo
oycr 500 years old. It il built Of brown Aand
was somcwhat injured by tho lato tite. aid the
interior il now bofng remodeicd The city eon-
tAins MONO eight or tcu thousand Inhabitants,
aud tho ktreo.s, though narrow, alo worry clean.
being paved with cobbla.stoncs. However. 1t IL
worry warm place 10 remain iut and we vera not
soT1y to tako our departure After leaving
IApauia,
THE TRIP CT THE COAST
was e1coelingly pleasant and full Of interest,
- we took tho inside track and zan all the way
up 10 sght or tic shore. Among the first new oL-
jocs OF notice weEc aea-sertcnts. largo numbers
OF which NO observed lying mottonloss near the
surfacB Of tic water. They wore shedding tllcir
co1ts, and consequently iu torpid condition.
+t.nl, 1a1 t,A
are OF the ordinary sizcs, tholr color being IL
| different shades of yellow and brown. Dotu'
tos, or, NJ tho sailors call them, alip-jaclis tuE
tleB, etnr fish. aud jclr fish, weEo seen In great
abundance. Ths coast IL general Has t1igsee
action both In the night and also !n tho day time
| Ou the 18th Of July we passed tbs volcano oil
Colma, in hfoxico, IL, oo0 feet III height. which
WIS al thas time emitting raror from
two separate peaks, aud seemed 70 70
semblc aa imncnse pavilion stretched out
| wlilo cloud Of puro wlito vapol
hung ma1cascally ovcr its summit: Whon OF
tliB trip wo wore fortunate enough to catch I
dolphin whose colots, when dging, arc 40 varict
| sud benutifu1. Wo also Haw \ sWord-1lss, at |
! distance, and walor-Apout occurred which re-
grctted not having Witnessed. When oil th,
coast of Upper California wo encountered I
dcnso fog, Which lasted half day aud was suc
| coded By very hcAyy gale. Tho son rose yer.
high t!le 26tll OF January. and kept us rolling
on tho broad deep witlln short distance iron
! our intended haven. Towards evening It begnl
to moderate. and by tho following afternoon vi
arrived safely
WITHIN THE COLLEEN OATES,
and brought to closs a four months yoyag
around lie Southern Continent.
This letter Las proved eomawhat longer than
anticipated, and Mill, l fear, be rather tedious
Should it, however, appear too full OF facts 0
statistics. hope thoir correctness will bo Huai
cicnt e1cuao for its mluutoncss OF detail.
! J.nk.