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PERU. 



His departure was deferred from various causes until 

 the 20th October, 1816, when he sailed from Penzance 

 in the South Sea whaler ' Asp/ Capt. Kenny. 



PENZANCE IN OLDKN TIME. [W. J. Welch. J 



" DEAR SiR, " PENZANCE, 20th August, 1817. 



" I am enabled to furnish you with a few particulars 

 which led to the introduction of steam-engines into Spanish 

 America, which you will embody into your interesting paper 

 for our next Geological meeting, as you deem most proper. 



" Captain Trevithick was born in lllogan, Cornwall, 1771, 

 but he has generally resided at Camborne, the adjoining parish. 

 He has devoted the greatest part of his life to mechanics and to 

 improvements in the high-pressure steam-engine, and many 

 engines of Captain Trevithick's construction are now working 

 in different parts of England. 



" Mr. Francisco Uville, a native of Switzerland, visited Lima 

 and the rich Peruvian mines in the neighbourhood of Lima, at 

 an early age, and being a gentleman of great intelligence, he 



