We found it was the land about
Bull's Bay on the coast of South Carolina, and night coming on, we could
plainly see Cape Roman Light to the north of us. The wind falling light
as we drew in with the coast, and finding a current against us, we
anchored, about two miles from the shore, in four fathoms of water. It
was now 8 p.m., October 28, 1888, thirteen days from Mayaguez,
twenty-one days from Barbadoes, etc.
The following was the actual time at sea and distances in nautical miles
from point to point on the courses steered, approximately:
_Days._ _ Distance._
From Paranagua to Santos 1 150
" Santos to Rio de Janeiro
(towed by _Finance_) 3/4 200
" Rio to Cape Frio 2 70
" Cape Frio to Carvellas 4 370
" Carvellas to Saint Paulo 3 270
" Saint Paulo to Bahia 1/2 40
" Bahia to Pernambuco 5 390
" Pernambuco to Barbadoes 19 2,150
" Barbadoes to Mayaguez 5 570
" Mayaguez to Cape Roman 13 1,300
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531/4 5,510
Computing all the distances of the ins and outs that we made would
considerably augment the sum.
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