A calm--A breeze on the water--The land of flowers--Juan Ponce de
Leon--The fountain of perpetual youth--An irremediable loss to
single gentlemen--Gulf Stream--New-Providence--Cuba--Pan of
Matanzas--Blue hills of Cuba--An armed cruiser--Cape St. Antonio
--Pirates--Enter the Mexican Gulf--Mobile--A southern winter--A
farewell to the North and a welcome to the South--The close of the
voyage--Balize--Fleet--West Indiaman--Portuguese polacre--Land ho!
--The land--Its formation--Pilot or "little brief authority"--
Light house--Revenue cutter--Newspapers--"The meeting of the
waters"--A singular appearance--A morning off the Balize--The
tow-boat 55