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nating betwixt the principle of non-inter- 
ference, which belongs strictly to foreign 
nations, and that casual protection a neu- 
tral flag may afford a persecuted fugitive, 
whose very enemies may the next day 
require the same friendly succour. These 
reflections are rather general than applica- 
ble to myself, for though I certainly had 
been banished from the Equator, I ap- 
peared in Payta in no political character 
whatever, nor had the Captain of the Fal- 
mouth any reason to know me as an ex- 
ile, except through report, with which he 
had officially nothing to do. Luckily, the 
Lima, a whale ship of the United States, 
was sailing at the same time. Capt. On- 
slow had no instructions from his govern- 
ment; and I am convinced if he had, he 
would have thrown them into the sea, had 
they interfered with his doing what he 
considered a generous action. He not 
only took me on board to Tumbez, but 
would have sent one of his boats with me 
to Puna, had I not found another convey- 
ance. I shall ever gratefully remember 
the sterling kindness of this honest Ame- 
rican, who not only made his ship as com- 
. fortable to me as possible during the few 
days I was on board, but pressed me to 
accept assistance of money, and every 
thing which the vessel contained, when I 
took leave of him. On the 19th of Decem- 
ber I got on board a bongo, laden with 
Cametes, bound from Tumbez to Guaya- 
quil, and arrived, on the 21st, at Puna, 
after a villainous passage; the minutis of 
which might figure well enough in a jour- 
nal, or make a tolerable chapter in the 
* miseries of human life ;” but bad travel- 
ling, both by land and by water, is too much 
a matter of course in Colombia to deserve 
particular notice. I stopped a night at 
Mr. Cope’s country residence in Puna, 
and next day proceeded in his canoe to 
Guayaquil. Here I remained a few days 
to enjoy the society of my English friends : 
and on the 29th of January, 1833, set out 
NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO PAYTA, 
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1 
The series of observations on the Quiti- : 
nian Andes, now concluded, were commu- - 
nicated to me by their talented author early — 
in 1834; and in the autumn of the same year — 
some of the papers were read, and excited — 
considerable interest, at the Natural His- - 
tory Section of the British Association for . 
the advancement of Science at Edinburgh. — 
It was then that Mr. Pentland, so well 1 
known for his scientific researches in South 
America, communicated to me the melan- 
choly tidings of Colonel Hall's death, 
which occurred during an insurrection in 
uito. This intelligence was confirmed by 
a letter which I received from the widow 
of this lamented individual, residing at Ad- — 
dlestone, near Chertsey, Surrey; but who - 
had been herself unable to obtain any par- — 
ticulars relative to his death. About the — 
same time, my valued friend and relative, - 
W. Turner, Esq., British Minister at Bo- | 
gata, in Colombia, in a letter to me, dated 
August 26th, 1834, briefly alludes to this . 
melancholy event:—“I am sorry to say - 
poor Hall was killed, six or eight months 
ago, in a Revolution at Quito; an event - 
equally surprising and distressing; for I 
am told he was a sensible man; and I am - 
always astonished how any Englishman 
can interest himself in the miserable per- - 
sonal politics of this turbulent people, | 
especially as, in case of reverses, foreigners 
are quite sure to be the first victims. E. 
Nor have I been able to receive any — 
further intelligence till the present time. — 
n a letter now before me, from Dr. 
Jameson, dated Quito, 18th of February, | 
1835, that gentleman says “It is now ` 
more than eighteen months since I had . 
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