arrived at Lima on board the ship ' Asp,' with sundry small 

 engines for the draining of the mines of Cerro de Pasco, he was 

 immediately presented to the Marquis de Concordia, then 

 Viceroy of Peru, was most graciously received by the most 

 flattering attention of the inhabitants, and subsequently the 

 Viceroy ordered the Lord Warden of the mines to escort the 

 great man with a guard of honour to the mining district. In 

 contrasting the two epochs, that of Trevithick in 1816, with 

 this of Wyman and Harrison in 1871, one is led to exclaim that 

 there were gentlemen in Peru in 1816, and they gave unto 

 Caesar that which belonged to Ca9sar." L 



The same newspaper, on the 9th November, 1870, 

 stated : 



" The ' Bride ' sailed from Hayle on Thursday with a portion 

 of the machinery made by Messrs. Harvey and Co., of Hayle, 

 destined for Cerro de Pasco, in Peru. The work comprises four 

 37-inch cylinder pumping engines ; no part to weigh more than 

 300 Ibs." 



To enable the parts to be reduced in weight, each 

 steam-cylinder was made of thirty-seven different pieces. 

 The mechanics of Trevithick's time could not make a 

 steam-cylinder in parts ; therefore his difficulties in 

 designing and conveying the- machinery were ten 

 times greater than they would be in the present day, 

 and necessitated tbe extreme simplicity of his engines. 

 His residence with the Peruvians from 1816 to 1822 

 taught them the use of high-pressure steam-engines in 

 their mines ; and indirectly heralded the advent of the 

 steam-horse, now as familiar to them as to the residents 

 in many English towns. 



1 In * Mining Journal,' W. R. Rutter. 



