The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-16

the longest tail of any comet ever
saw. Il was in sight two evenings.
We did not get any trade winds until
we. got to 10 degrees north, and even
then the trades were nothing to boast
of. We crossed the Equator in 80 de-
gress, no minutes, and arrived at Rio
on December Is, being forty-seven days
from the Cape of Virginia.
g Now what troubles me is to dis
cover where the hoodoo came in. Was
cause was in company with the AeIne2
Our passage from Rio to Cape Horn
was uneventful, light winds and fair
weather prevailing all the way. We
were in Rio long enough to collect a
fine crop of barnacles on the ships bot
tom. and these made difference Of
twenty-five miles per day in our sail
ing. On the way to Rio we left every
vessel we saw behind US, but, on ae-
count Of the barnacles, we were badly
beaten by every windjammer on the
trip here Why, you could paddle
bale of hay faster than this ship will
sail in light winds when she is foul.
And it's very annoying, especially
when fellow has a eancelling date to
his charter so near at hand.
1--WE took the southeast trades in %
degrees and had them. very light and
unsteady, the rest. of the voyage. We
crossed the equator on April 81, in 1T
degrees west. From that time until
we arrived here today we had had al
ternate squalls and Gains and unset
tied trades.
This eventful passage ends my
fifty-sixth and last passage around
Cape Horn. I've had enough this
time
Notwithstanding the fact that her
cargo is composed of q heavy ship
ment of coal, the Dirigo came into
port yesterday slick and clean as q
whistle. She is a beautiful ship, and
has splendid cabin appointments. only
surpassed by those on the steam
liners. Captain Goodwin was greeted
by Joe Gilman, who is agent for the
owners of the ship, yesterday after
noon, as well as by number of
friends who have become acquainted
with the genial skipper during his
many visits to this port. Mr.. Ray,
the first officer on the Dirigo, is also
well known in this city, and there was
a quota, of his friends at the wharf
to bid him aloha after the long voy-
age. The Dirigo is doeked at the
Channel wharf, where she will dis
charge her coal.
Captain Goodwin wrote the follow
ing description of Rio Janeiro, in
which port his vessel was laid up for
repairs:
THE harbor of Rio de Janeiro is one
of the best in the world. The water
front of the city is one continuous
park or garden. and is kept in fine
order. They have a perfect electric
light system and it is the best lighted
of any city I was ever in. | could see
the loom of the city lights when forty
miles out at sea- The new improve
ments in the streets and buildings will
compare favorably with any city in
the world. The United States is well
represented by Mr.. George Anderson,
the Consul General, a courteous and
agreeable gentleman who is ready to
assist one in any way he can.
1.-The one great drawback to Rio is
the excessive heat in summer. Then
everyone who is able lives UP in the
mountains at Petropolis. The facilities
for repairing ships are as good there
as they are at any port. Mr.. Lage of
Lage Brothers Co., one of the most
energetic. fair-minded and courteous
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