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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, 1 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, Ihave 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 advantage 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 
