British Exploits in South America a History of British Activities in Exploratio
British Exploits in South America a History of British Activities in Exploratio
W H William Henry Koebel
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Most of them laughed: some looked tired, and others quite disgusted. . . . ' ' The ship 's company of the War spite were rather dis- appointed not to receive from Dom Pedro the slightest remuneration for all the uncommon heavy boat's duty, and the troublesome hoisting in and out of the immense luggage. But our excellent Commander-in-Chief, with his usual quickness and sound judgment, anticipated their feelings : he allowed them some extra grog, and an hour's longer light, fiddling and dancing o...n that eventful evening. ' ' This was the last that Rio de Janeiro saw of its one- time emperor ; for the final exit was achieved in the early hours of the following morning in silence and darkness. Then, towed by a great number of boats supplied by the various men-of-war, the Seine and the Volage crept over the still waters toward the narrow mouth of the inlet, passed under the giant guardian peaks of the Sugar Loaf and so out into the open street of the Atlantic Ocean on their way to Europe. So far as the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro were con- cerned, on one evening these two ships had been ; on the next morning they were not !
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