IN THE PACIFIC. 



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made our way, with considerable difficulty, to 

 what had once been the British Consulate, but 

 what was now a heap of ruins, with the English 

 flag flying from a flagstaff in the midst. Here 

 we found the acting Vice-Consul, Mr. Blair, 

 assisted by a few other English gentlemen, 



THE ENGLISH CONSULATE AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF SAN SALVADOR. 



working with a will to save what they could 

 out of the wreck. 



They gave us a hearty welcome, and insisted 

 on our taking up our quarters with them in a 

 rude kind of tent which had been pitched in the 



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