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work at Santa Eosa, one of the mines of Pasco, under the 

 direction of Mr. Bull (vide despatch of that date, signed Jos6 

 G. de Prada). 



" On the 20th October, 1816, Capt. Trevithick sailed for 

 Lima in the ' Asp,' South Sea whaler, Capt. Kenny, accompanied 

 by Mr. Page, a gentleman of London, and James Saunders, of 

 Camborne, an engine maker ; and on the 6th February, 1817, 

 they arrived at Lima, where Capt. Trevithick was immediately 

 introduced to the Viceroy by Don P. Abadia, and he received 

 the most marked attention from the inhabitants (vide l Lima 

 Gazette' of 12th February). 



" Perhaps you will think it proper to notice the furnaces 

 which Captain Trevithick took out in the 'Asp' to Lima for 

 the purpose of purifying the silver by sulphur. A great expense 

 will be saved by these means. Any further information which 

 I can afford you I will readily give. 



" I am, dear Sir, 

 " Your very obedient and humble servant, 



" KD. EDMONDS. 



" H. F. BOAZE, Esq." 



This statement, from a solicitor more than fifty years 

 ago, inadvertently points out the difference between 

 the steam-engine of Watt and that of Trevithick. The 

 former said it was impossible to make engines having 

 the required power small enough to be carried to the 

 mountain mines, whereas a small high-pressure engine 

 by the latter had sufficient power. 



Day and Page were lawyers advising Mr. Uville in 

 London. Page sailed from Penzance with Trevithick 

 and James Saunders, a boiler maker, in the 'Asp/ 

 a South Sea whaler, on the 20th October, 1816, just 

 two years after the departure of Uville with the 

 machinery and engines. The difficulty of conveying 

 heavy weights up the mountain foot-paths was almost 

 insurmountable. 



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