Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
CHAPTER XLV.
The Alabama continues her Cruise on the Coast of Brazil-- American Ships under English Colors--The Enemy's Carrying-Trade in Neutral Bottoms--The Capture of the Conrad--She is commissioned as a Confederate States Cruiser--The Highways of the Sea, and the Tactics of the Federal Secretary of the Navy-- The Phenomena of the Winds in the Southern Hemisphere--Arrival at Saldanha Bay, on the Coast of Africa 626