On January 21 we sighted Assumption in the Ladrones,
and on the 29th arrived at Yokohama. While in Japan we were present at
the opening of the railway from Osaka to Kioto by the Mikado, and
subsequently cruised in the Inland Sea in severe winterly weather. At
Simonoseki we found the people much agitated by the recent outbreak of
the Satsuma clan. On February 19 we bade a reluctant farewell to
Japan, and following the most direct route to England, visited in
succession Hongkong, Canton, Macao, Singapore, Johore, Malacca,
Penang, Galle, Colombo, Aden, Alexandria, Malta, Gibraltar, and
Lisbon.
Having given the principal dates, the story of the voyage will be most
rapidly completed by entering our successive passages in a tabular
statement:
Miles
Steam Sail Total
Thames and English Channel 193 205 398
Torbay to Madeira 353 874 1,227
Madeira to Orotava (Teneriffe) 164 72 236
Orotava to Tarafal Bay (San Antonio, Cape Verde) 35 886 921
Tarafal Bay to Rio Janeiro 689 2,647 3,336
Rio to Monte Video and Buenos Ayres 509 712 1,221
Buenos Ayres to Possession Bay
(Straits of Magellan).
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