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people. I believe the whole population of the states of Chile does 

 not equal that of London. But it is too early to judge of these things 

 yet. As it is, I am disposed to think highly of the temper and dis- 

 position of the natives. They are frank, gay, docile, and brave; and 

 surely these qualities should go to the making of a fine people — a 

 nation that will be something. 



May 30th. — I dined to-day in the port, with my very kind friends, 

 Mr. Hogan, the American consul, and his wife and daughters ; and met 

 Captain Guise, lately of the Chileno naval service, together with his 



followers Dr. and Mr. . Captain Guise was exceedingly polite 



to me, and appears to be a good-natured gentlemanlike man. I have no 

 doubt that, in the service, the technical and professional knowledge of 



Dr. and Mr. has been of infinite service, and that they 



have claims on the gratitude, to a certain degree, of all who love the 

 cause of independence ; but they neither possess the elevated tone 

 of mind necessary for leading men and influencing council, nor in- 

 formation for guidance by precedent. In short, I must look upon 

 them as adventurers, whose only aim has been to accumulate wealth 

 in these rich provinces, without either the philanthropic or the chi- 

 valrous views which I am persuaded have accompanied the hopes of 

 personal advantrge in the minds of many of their fellow-labourers, in 

 the great struggle for independence. To all whose views have been 

 so bounded disappointment must be the consequence. Mere gold 

 and silver scarcely render individuals rich ; and nations they have 

 in many cases rendered poor. Hence, Chile and Peru, who only 

 possess money, and not money's worth, are far too poor to give ade- 

 quate rewards to their foreign servants ; and all that could rationally 

 be anticipated was the precarious chance of Spanish prize-money. 

 I feel convinced that the divisions that I hear have taken place in 

 the squadron have arisen from the disappointment of such hopes 

 too highly raised ; unless indeed, what I should shudder to think true, 

 any English officers expected that their service in Chile would be 

 only a kind of licensed buccaneering, where each should be master 



