Around the world in the yacht ʻSunbeam;̓ our home on the ocean for eleven months

Dedication

To THE FRIENDS lu many climes and countries, of the white and colored races, and of every grade in society, ivho have made onr year of travel a year of happiness, these pages are dedicated by the ever grateful Author,

Preface

This volume needs no elaborate preface. A general sketch of the voyage which it describes was published in the 'Times' immediately after our return to England. That letter is reprinted here as a convenient summary of the ' Sunbeam's' performances. But these prefatory lines would indeed be incomplete if they did not contain a well-deserved tribute to the industry and accuracy of the author. The voyage would not have been undertaken, and assuredly it would never have been completed, without the impulse derived from her perseverance and determination. Still less Avould any sufficient record of the scenes and experiences of the long voyage have been preserved had it not been for her painstaking desire not only to see everything thoroughly, but to record her impressions faithfully and accurately. The practiced skill of a

professional writer cannot reasonably be expected in these

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simple pages, but their object will have been attained if they are the means of enabling more home-keeping friends to share in the keen enjoyment of the scenes and adven= tures they describe.

Thomas BrasseYo

Contents

CHAPTER PAcr:

I. Farewell to Old England . . . , i II. Madeira, Teneriffe, and Cape de Verde

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