CHAPTER LXXI.

SKETCHES AT SEA—MOUNTAINS OF AFRICA—THE FAREWELL.

1845, _October 29th._

The Buffalo—The Quoin—Cape Aguilhas—Hangclip—Capo-del-Tornados—Robbin Island—Table Bay—Cape Town—Green Point—The Lion Mountain—St. Helena—Flying-fish—Blue-fish—Island of Ascension—Funeral at Sea—A Sailor’s Grave—A Chinese Calculation—Waterspouts—The Western Isles—St. Michael’s—Pico—Fayal—Christmas Eve—The Good Ship “Essex”—Arrival in England—The Pilgrim’s Adieu 485

LIST OF PLATES

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VOL. II.

No. To face page

29. Frontispiece—Kaniyā-jee and the Gopīs, _to face the Title_

30. Superstitions of the Natives 9

31. The Spring-Bow 73

32. Kaniyā-jee and the Gopīs 121

33. Ancient Hindū Ruin 143

34. The Hindū Triad 147

35. Plan of Delhi 193

36. View from the Pilgrim’s Banglā 237

37. The Kharīta 250

38. Pennycross Chapel 341

39. The Bushwoman 360

40. A Kafir Warrior 369

41. The Southern Cross 375

42. Jaganāth 384

43. Three Satīs and a Mandap near Ghazīpūr 419

44. Kalsās 421

45. The Temple of Bhawānī 449

46. Bhagwān 450

47. Native Sugar Mills 457

48. Waterspouts 493

49. Pico 494

50. Elevation of the Himalaya.

WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM.