Eothen #Boston #USA 16.10.1872. "We were on shore by 10.30, to meet Mr Philbrick, the Commissioner of Public Education, who had kindly offered to show us round the schools. Boston is considered the Athens of the New World, & her educational establishments among the greatest wonders." #Brassey #1870s

Eothen #Boston #USA 15.10.1872. "...then to Beacon Street...the fashionable street of Boston for shopping, and very much resembles Piccadilly, especially as the park, called Boston Common, is situated close by it, reminding one of the Green Park...We returned on board to lunch..." #Brassey #1870s

Sunbeam #Pacific #Ocean 14.10.1876. "In the afternoon a large shoal of whales came round the yacht...We were lying so still that they did not seem to be the least afraid of us, and came quite close, swimming alongside, round us, across our bows, and even diving down under our keel." #Brassey #Whales

Sunbeam, Gulf of Penas, #Chile 13.10.1876. "Sorry as we are to lose the scenery of the Straits, it is pleasant to find the weather getting gradually warmer, day by day, and to be able to regard the morning bath once more as a luxury instead of a terror." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1870s

Sunbeam #StraitofMagellan #Chile 12.10.1876. "...the blackest of the black clouds came suddenly down upon us, and descended upon the deck in a tremendous shower - not of rain, but of dust and ashes...Assuming the dust to be of volcanic origin, it must have travelled an immense distance..." #Brassey

Sunbeam, Guia Narrows #Chile 11.10.1876. "The moon was shining, large & golden, high in the heavens; the rosy streaks of dawn were just tinging the virgin snow on the highest peaks with faint but ever-deepening colour...the mountains changed to gold & yellow, & then dazzling white..." #Brassey

Sunbeam #StraitofMagellan #Chile 10.10.1876. "With Tarleton Pass on our right hand, and Childer's Pass on the left, we came in sight of Owen's Island, one extremity of which is called Mayne Head, and the other Cape Brassey, these places having all been so named by Captain Mayne..." #Brassey #1870s

Sunbeam #TierradelFuego #Chile 9.10.1876. "It was almost dark when we arrived, but the children, Captain Brown, and I, went ashore for a short time, and gathered a few ferns and mosses. We also found the embers of a fire, which showed that the natives were not far off..." #Brassey #History #1870s

Eothen #Picton #PrinceEdwardIsland #Canada 9.10.1872. "During our short visit in Picton we met a most extraordinary character in the shape of an itinerant quack-doctor, who was travelling about in a scarlet coach, with grand pictures painted all over it, and a rostrum drawn by four horses." #Brassey

Sunbeam #TierradelFuego #Chile 8.10.1876. "The party..a man, a woman and a lad; and I think I never saw delight more strongly depicted than it was on the faces of the two latter, when they handled, for the first time in their lives probably, some strings of blue, red and green glass beads." #Brassey

Eothen #PrinceEdwardIsland #Canada 8.10.1872. "We landed at Charlottetown with considerable difficulty, as there are no steps anywhere, and we were obliged to climb across rafts, and over huge blocks of timber...The land in Prince Edward's Island generally...is of great fertility..." #Brassey #1870s

Sunbeam #PuntaArenas #Chile 7.10.1876. "My birthday. Tom gave me a beautiful guanaco-skin robe, and the children presented me with two ostrich rugs...At eleven o'clock we went ashore. The Governor had kindly provided horses...while they were being saddled I took some photographs." #Brassey #1870s

Eothen #PrinceEdwardIsland #Canada 7.10.1872. "My birthday. We had tried to arrange to spend the day in harbour, but a contrary wind prevented our arriving as soon as we had expected...We were off the Cape at eight pm, & from thence steered a direct course for Cape Prim,..." #Brassey #History #1870s

Sunbeam #PuntaArenas #Chile 6.10.1876. "We got under way at 5.30am, and steamed past the low sandy coast of Patagonia and the rugged mountains of Tierra del Fuego...At 3pm we reached Sandy Point, the only civilised place in the Straits. It is a Chilian settlement..." #Brassey #Travel #History #1870s

Eothen, #Saguenay River, #Canada 5.10.1872. "Here there was a glorious echo, which reverberated from cliff to cliff on either side, till lost in the distance. We fired off one of our cannons, and blew our steam whistle, that we might fully enjoy its mysterious repetitions." #Brassey #History #1870s

Sunbeam, South #Atlantic #Ocean 4.10.1876. "There were several cries of 'land ahead' during the day, but in each case a closer examination, through a glass, proved that the fancied coast-line or mountain-top existed only in cloud-land." #Brassey #Victorian #Sailing #Yacht #Travel #History #1870s

Eothen #Quebec #Canada 3.10.1872. "The banks of the St. Lawrence were made lovely by the exquisite brightness of the autumn tints... - golden, yellow, pale or bright green, vermilion: in fact, all the richest hues on the palette of the greatest colourist were mixed in exquisite variety." #Brassey

Eothen #Montreal #Canada 2.10.1872. "At 9.30 we drove into the town to pay out bills, collect our photographs, and to say goodbye to our many friends.
Then man who looks after some cottages that Tom owns in Montreal was quite cut up at our departure."
#Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1870s

Eothen #Kingston #Canada 1.10.1872. "Even at that early hour in the morning, and probably even at its busiest season, Kingston has a stagnant decayed appearance. It resembles one of the primitive old towns in England which does not keep pace with the march of modern events..."
#Brassey #1870s

Eothen #NiagaraFalls #Canada 30.9.1872. "At 11.30 we took, with much regret, our last look of the Falls, hoping earnestly it might be only farewell for a time. I don't think I ever felt so sorry to leave a place...fascination about them...almost ready to cry with regret at leaving." #Brassey #1870s