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the way these things are managed here. He has of course a claim to 

 the accommodation of a dwelling on shore ; and an order was sent to 

 the governor of Valparaiso to provide one. The governor con- 

 sequently pitched upon one of the most commodious in the port, and 



sent an order to Mr. C , an Englishman, to remove with his 



family, and to leave it furnished for the Admiral, such being the old 

 Spanish custom. But His Lordship would by no means allow Mr. C. 

 to move, and has accordingly pitched a tent. His friends are a little 

 anxious about this step. No Chileno would lift his hand against 

 him ; but there are persons now in Chile who hate him, and who 

 have both attempted and committed assassination. 



Sunday, November 3d. — This evening, at about nine o'clock, the 

 Director came quietly to the port. It is said he is come to see the 

 squadron paid. Some assert that he is come in order not imme- 

 diately to meet San Martin, who, having bathed at Cauquenes, is 

 about to move into the city, and is to take up his residence in the 

 directorial palace, only, however, as a private visitor.* He is to have 

 a double guard : but if he is, as it is said, so beloved, why should he 

 fear? I suspect that, like other opium-eaters, he is become nervous. 



I trust, for the honour of human nature, that an opinion which I 

 have heard concerning the Director's appearance in the port, is un- 

 founded : it is, that he is come hither in order to seize an opportunity 

 of getting possession of Lord Cochrane's person, that is, to sacrifice 

 him to the revenge of San Martin in compliance with the entreaties 

 forwarded from Peru, by the agents Paroissien and Del Rio. 



November 1th. — We have been riding about for several days, and 

 making acquaintance among the neighbouring farmers : every where 

 we are invited to alight and take milk, or at least to rest, and walk in 

 the gardens and gather flowers. It is quite refreshing to see the 

 gentle and frank manners of the peasants of the country, after all 

 the bustle and petty intrigue of the port and its in-dwellers. To-day, 



* If I were first magistrate of a country, however, I should not choose to accustom the 

 people to see another in my place. 



