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The neighbourhood of the Eimac is not 

 considered altogether safe, and people have 

 been robbed and occasionally murdered there ; 

 so it is as well to carry a revolver with one. 

 There is little or no shooting in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Callao; there is a likely- 

 looking swamp near Chorillons, but it is so 

 much shot over by professionals as to be not 

 worth visiting. 



During our stay at Callao, the president, 

 Balta, paid a visit to the " Reindeer/ ' and was 

 received with the honours due to his rank, 

 including a salute of twenty-one guns. This 

 visit was regarded as a special compliment, as 

 it is not customary for one of his Excellency's 

 position to visit a ship of the "Reindeer's" size. 

 It was also of especial interest, as it proved to 

 be the last time the president was destined 

 to go afloat. Our time, meanwhile, passed 

 pleasantly by, enjoying the hospitality of our 

 friends on shore; dances, dinner parties, and 

 picnics succeeded each other, varied occasionally 

 by the attractions of the opera or bull-fight, 



