CHAPTER XXII.

Return to Brazil—Assault of a Runner on board the Congress—Captain McIntosh—His Transfer to the Falmouth—Departure for the United States—Making Daylight—Ship’s Library—Sailors as Readers—Street Calls in Rio—Civility and Patience of the People—Disinclination to Locomotion—Omnibuses—Mules and Omnibus Drivers, 266