The first few days of the voyage passed prosperously, amid favourable weather and propitious winds, and they soon came in sight of the great Andaman, the principal of the islands in the Bay of Bengal, with its picturesque Saddle Peak, two thousand four hundred feet high, looming above the waters.
Toute cette portion de l'immense baie que les marins appellent les « brasses du Bengale » se montra favorable à la marche du paquebot. Le Rangoon eut bientôt connaissance du Grand-Andaman, la principale du groupe, que sa pittoresque montagne de Saddle-Peak, haute de deux mille quatre cents pieds, signale de fort loin aux navigateurs.