CHAPTER IV. 



WE had been but a few days at Callao, during 

 which time a happy couple had been united in 

 marriage on board the " Reindeer," when a tele- 

 gram reached us from the Admiralty, ordering 

 me to proceed in the "Reindeer" to Rio de 

 Janeiro, with the marines implicated in the late 

 affair there. This took us all by surprise, as 

 we thought we had heard the last of that 

 business ; however, the telegram admitted of no 

 question or delay, and the next day but one 

 saw us off on our long cruise. 



Passing through the Boqueron Channel, which 

 separates the Island of Lorenzo from the main- 

 land, we anchored the next morning at Pisco ; 

 this place is celebrated for its wine, a kind of 



