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Lorenzo you can see, you will be clear of all danger ; and when the 

 west marteUo tower in the castle comes on with the northern part of 

 CaUao spit, bearing N. 49° E., you may haul gradually round, till 

 the same tower is seen to the northward of the breakers on a shoal 

 lying oiF the spit ; when a direct course may be shaped for the ancho- 

 rage. There is no regular tide in this passage, but generally a little 

 setting directly through, sometimes to the N.W. and at others 

 the contrary ; shovdd the stream be adverse, and it fall calm while in 

 the channel, there is good anchorage in eight or nine fathoms, with 

 the leading marks on. 



Callao is well known as the sea-port of Lima, which is seven 

 miles inland, situated five hundred feet above the level of the sea, 

 and at the foot of a range of mountains : when seen from the an- 

 chorage on a fine day, it has an imposing appearance. 



Trade was in a flourishing condition in 1 836, and when the govern- 

 ment becomes settled, this may be the first commercial port on the 

 west coast of South America. 



SuppHes of all sorts may be obtained for shipping ; fresh provi- 

 sions as well as vegetables, with an abundance of fruit : watering 

 is also extremely convenient, a well-constructed mole being run out 

 into the sea, at which boats can lie and fill from the pipes pro- 

 jecting from its side ; wood is the scarcest article, and very dear, 9o 

 that vessels likely to remain at this port should husband their fuel 

 accordingly. 



From Callao, the coast is a sandy beach, running in a northerly 

 direction until you reach Point Vernal ; it there becomes higher and 

 clifiy, which character continues as far as Point Mulatas, roimd 

 which is the little bay of Ancon. 



To the west and south-west of Ancon lie the Pescador Islands, 

 the outer and largest of which bears N. 31° W. from Callao Castle, 

 and at the distance of eighteen mUes. There is no danger among 

 these islands ; they are steep-to, with from twenty to thirty fathoms 

 near them. 



N. 33° W. from Point Mulatas, twelve miles distant, is the Bay 

 of Chancay and river of that name ; this bay may be known by the 

 bluff" head that forms the point, and has three hills on it, in an eas- 

 terly direction ; it is a confined place, and fit only for small coasters. 

 From Chancay, the coast runs in a more westerly direction, as far as 

 Point Salinas, a shingle beach, with a few broken, clifiy points ; the 



