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Lorenzo, and every thing provided for him, until he could be sent to 
Lima, Mr. Bartlett, our consul, having procured the permission for 
his removal there. 
Every precaution against this disease had been taken, by vaccina- 
ting the crews after leaving the United States. 
I felt great uneasiness lest we might carry it with us to the Islands, 
where it might spread among the natives, and render our visit 
ever memorable by the introduction of that dreadful scourge. All 
the clothing, and every thing that had been in any w T ay connected 
with the sick, or his nurses, was destroyed, in the hopes of rendering 
us exempt from the contagion. 
LIMA HOUSE. 
