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Title: Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California."
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Upham, Samuel C. (Samuel Curtis), 1819-1885
Subjects: Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California Voyages to the Pacific coast Ethnic groups Law Business
Publisher: Philadelphia, The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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chor aboutone and a half miles below the j^rincij^al landing ofthe city, at five oclock, P. M. While passing upthe harbor, we spoke the bark Elvira, of Boston,bound out for San Francisco, with sixty-threepassengers. Suspended from her main-stay, wereseveral bunches of bananas, which looked very in-viting, as I had not tasted fruit of any descrij)tionfor more than forty days. As we j)assed FortSanta Cruz, we were hailed in broken English bya Portuguese official, who thrust his curly headabove the ramparts and bellowed through a dilaj^i-dated tin trumpet in a Boanergean voice. AVhathe said, we knew not and cared as little, and thereply of our Captain was probably received withlike indifference. The custom of hailing vesselsfrom this fort is More honored in tlie breach than in the observance. The scene presented from the deck of a vessel onenterins: the harbor of Bio de Janeiro is unrivaled.The most romantic imagination can picture nothingmore magnificent than this beautiful harbor, sur-
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PASSENGERS GO ASHOEE. 69 rounded by innumerable conical hills clotlied totheir summits with luxuriant tropical verdure, andthe valleys dotted with beautiful white villas stand-ing out in bold relief and contrast with the eternalgreen of the hills. Our anchor was scarcely down,before the news-boat came alongside. Soon after,we were visited by the Port Physician and theCustom-house officer. They had scarcely left us,before half a dozen shore-boats were alongsidemanned by half-naked negroes and Portuguese.The boats were soon filled to their utmost capacityby the passengers—scarcely a dozen remaining onboard—and the word vamose being given, we soonpassed the guard-ship and were landed on shore atthe foot of Palace Square. Immediately after landing, I went by invitationto the counting-house of Mr. Philip Hue, grocerand wine merchant, No. 14 Pua Direita, where Iwrote letters to my friends in the United States.A mail-bag was to leave on the following day, onboard the bark Hope, Captain H

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