34 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



Both of these had been rebuilt since the cata- 

 strophe. An American paddle-wheel steamer, 

 which was carried inland by the tidal wave at 

 the same time, and deposited unhurt half a 

 mile from the sea, still remained. 



Certainly one must witness the awful effect 

 of an earthquake to be able to comprehend it. 



It struck me as a singular coincidence that 

 the morning prayers for the day on which we 

 were at anchor off this place (viz. the 9th) 

 should be so remarkably appropriate to the 

 scene of desolation before us. See Psalm xlvi. 

 verses 1, 2, 3, and 8. 



From Arica we continued our course down the 

 coast to Islay, a miserable place ; the anchorage 

 is safe, being protected from the swell by some 

 outlying rocks, and the wind never blows home. 

 A few miles to the southward of Islay is 

 Mollendo, the seaport of Arequipa, an open 

 roadstead exposed to wind and sea : there is a 

 mule track between the two places, and it is 

 proposed to connect them by a railroad, in which 

 case Islay will become . of more importance. 



