, 1876-11-20
ROUND THE HORN.
stoppage at Rio de Janeiro''
pathing in the Harbor.
u.,upb the::t1agellan Straits. Hearing
1p'''I If tho California oold-Dis-
coveries.
..,z,,n pcnal station'.-1low Capt. Sam
Ir.rtt,atei q patagonian Beauty.
Fur ihe Tribune.


Fur Me Tribune.
=, ,bs 2lst Of December tic Brazi'ians COM
u.nced making preparations 10 seleora1c tho
psS.sch,nr Christmas with All tue pomp and
,Rs XII, 80 natural to spanish Catholics Iho
ss.S.jrsl-bcs s were all III motion, though aaaly
'iaos'M, ,,.o,,cl,o,1t the wl,olo night. Abrcast
hs&y thfo"sntt w. trtr,,. n,andvwinc Inv aicen.
au5 The hop'c "'sa.u ~. .s"o,:, ,s"tor: ~ t,so
h. II Il were, upon VIC p'aetu ""ts'' " ."o
ng ,'s.,s hay-hcr frownIng tiers OF guns looking
@ ns,aee, as Il conscious Of glnn. alrength'-
sh1e her lo', o," ,,,.,tc torca 1yhlct, IN nrlto
\, nuttc--those tla5'e t'''so "t''e'' :" eA'Ao'
"r1 usback to some Joyous aeene, some happy
.,,,nu. pcrc],nnce to some sadder parting, yet
naHns' ,vov dircctlv tn thu hart.
FTIthously lor watc'ifai scntinc's struck the
VIII, and thu men at their dillereht stations
p',' Alta wcIlt'' Each afternoon, at sun-
dea nsn.of.var In those war1n attitudes
wt the msn ,,. ~ hot,,c. mn, n ,yas a1wova n
F AL n,n9 ha.uo .,r,,t to mo To- sco several 1,,n.
..>, m.u and boys, at the boatswaln's whistle,
oa ~. a,,,ck s,,cccssion over tie bulwa,ks, and
f'pAh ~ q half.hour or 80 In tic cool and
F'Et iot
u1tal waters
'*'
aue Of the late Ncw-York Journals con-
10y glowing accounts Of tho lesoisn of
hlam s,.W Wn.on, wbo ,umnea overheard In
Md.a'p,'an a ~ 1,,', nn7 n.e,s, t,s, ,1r,,,,,,an
Tie hatbof oi is.o' a''a .eeeuea b"o "'uuhe"
t.lor, Of bis ship from watsfy grasos; anu tno
a. s'., =. crnoscd himself, by stating that 1t way
'hsa u. ~ mnossibitY for person to iaji into
Lftl ~ a.. thrrs without being INSTANTLY tje-
th liz nr .i1arks, THIS, loo, WIS an carly I'M
yso1Ga ~ II nv ow,,-entirelY tliss,nutcd by
E',%hlnc thc scarncn OF our rnerl.of-war 3untpinH
tstsl.hns 4hs rnnt.arme. diving from tho ijb-bop,n
lo@ sh.,1s t,s hy the score at time, and payIy
snotsnr tns In tic clear waters Of Tho bay, hot
lMn,s ,s,s,n,ri hut without anv fear Of nloiestn.
se @ uTt IN iact, was told by many Of The Old in-
ts,,nis tJ5 tlat no instance was In thelr rccolcc-
t tan ~ auy one being injured, or even attackcd,
iaois ts.ie nrototypee on lalj. arc noted Tor tho
.;is ss.x, n tSs ices tllcy extort from tic luck.
~. rirt{m who falls into their ppwcr, Sharks
- = ,nor,,nus size, II ia true. abound ia those
iaarSs.: hit tic watcrs are alive with flsll Of
,adits, ysiety, which probably assounss for s,lo
.i i.,ssi for hours in tha 1ay Of Rio; aud tho i'm
esass afu VI ~in WIlleh hunf]rcls OF pcoplc DO lie
ycs} fact 40 uatcrt to ali who have visited
int Terrestrial paradise that 1t needs no atll-
S,r;, to rnnfrm It,
'' SAyr-rAnp AND THEATRE.
ltpenl uay ~ tuo nluuA5n " HIo, LIE
M1elY town Of tra5n uGahac, situated across M
tte b'5 where Nas Rlnniy ontcrtained oy Mr.
ioi*on, the EaeilSh sapeflhtonaant q tho
Brazilian Nav{-1nrd 1lear by, At which At.
ped,9n polntea, out several specimens o. nat1vc
taptmoer}-tnc EraHca-punRa anu pasooa
h!asstEy nnc an1 aurau1c. .,,,.
yHIeu tac t9c4tIe "l!u jar nrhGl!ians
tha:e ac4u1lntahce 1ormcu throaGn Inc miro
dalEon Of tic American Consul; and tho
tt.mlag manners Of ny beautifui companion
eetIsgc.
Ills AAoELLAN ,s6 Ella sTRAtTs. ; ,,,.<
SsT Years Of '49tound the littlo Edith oneo
nqis uadet way and approaching the entrance
tothc slral!s which were AiseoTcrcd. aa carly NJ
lMby Ferdinand Magellan, PortuEucao navi-
e.taf, then In the service OF the King OK Spain
aol through this tortuoas passage be fought llts
vsy until the gl0rles OF the broad Pacific Ocean
tu1t upon his Vtcw. Tile PacdlIc Is. .some feet
hkter lban the Atlantic Ocean; and this, TO.
El.s, creates 50 strong current TINT tho
sttss hayo been Of little practical usc Until OF
lleyears; for, though steamers thus shorten
lie soysgc and escape the difficulties and lan.
| I'm rof doubling tho stormy Capo Horn, yet
falrcstes seldom attempt thc gales md cur.
nnt oi The Magellan passage.
On she 18th Of January ~e made Capo Viz.
III tae nottheInmoss g neGaana Of tne
Fused Dungoness Point. With It's long, low,