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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 ifhe 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 7th. — 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. 
