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paved, and it is intended to erect upon it 

 bonded warehouses and stores. 



" 34,000 concrete blocks, each of which 

 weighed ten tons, were used in the construction 

 of the dock, and the water space enclosed is of 

 the depth of twenty-six feet at low water. 



" A parapet wall surrounds the whole of the 

 works on the sea side, and the accommodation 

 has been rendered as complete as upon works of 

 a similar character in any part of the world." 



Callao is a dirty town, and entirely destitute 

 of any system of sewerage, in consequence of 

 which one is often assailed with the foulest 

 odours on landing. 



On board ship, even whilst laying at anchor 

 in the bay, one is not altogether free from un- 

 pleasant smells, though from a different cause. 

 There is a phenomenon called the " Painter, 5 * 

 known only at Callao and one or two of the 

 neighbouring ports, caused by the escape of 

 sulphuretted hydrogen gas from the bottom of 

 the sea, which taints the air, and covers every- 

 thing with a chocolate-coloured slime ; the water 



