Note 1 — HUNTING A HOME IN BRAZIL.
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The adoption of a British flag by this ship-owner during the progress of the war enabled him to continue sailing upon the high seas, and his sentiments being known to the confederate cruisers, secured one of his vessels from destruction, that fell into their hands.
As vessels of Great Britain and the United States are more largely occupied in navigating the high seas than those of other nationalities, it is the custom of those meeting upon the ocean to hail in English, and there is scarcely a captain in charge of a vessel of any nation that is not sufficiently acquainted with the English language to communicate in this way with another.
The code of signals used by the English have been adopted by all nations navigating the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific; and thus vessels communicate with each other upon any matter desired, without being in speaking distance.