Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
CHAPTER XXII.
Voyage across the Atlantic pursued--Christmas-day on board the Sumter--Cape Fly-away, and the Curious Illusion produced by it--The Sumter passes from the Desert Parts of the Sea into a Tract of Commerce once more--Boards a large Fleet of Ships in one Day, but finds no Enemy among them--Arrival at Cadiz 283