262 PERU. 
From the few who are gazetted, it would appear that but a small 
number travel into the interior, or that the regulation is not very 
strictly complied with. 
The injunction to render the party assistance in case of need was 
very strong, and among other things specified to be furnished, was 
cbthing, which was thought to look somewhat ominous in' this 
country of banditti. In spite of the positive terms in which the 
passport was expressed, it was found of little effect in procuring 
them mules or horses; and it was not until after much trouble and 
disappointment on many sides, that horses were at last obtained from 
the post establishment. 
On the 16th May they were ready to set out, and were accom- 
panied for some miles by Mr. Biggs, whose friendly advice and 
assistance they had often, during the jaunt, to be thankful for It 
saved them much inconvenience, and was the cause of their being 
provided with many little comforts, without which they would have 
suffered. 
Their proposed route was up the valley of the Rio de Caxavillo 
the river next to the northward of the Rimac. Leaving Lima, they 
passed through the suburbs of San Lazaro, at the gate of which and 
for the only time during the journey, they were desired to show their 
passports. Some little difficulty arose, and an intention was expressed 
to unload the baggage-mule for examination. This, however was 
soon removed by the reading of the passport, and the examination 
ended in many bows, and the repeated exclamation, « Go on, go on » 
God speed you !" Such was the talismanic effect of an official docu- 
ment at the period of our visit. 
After leaving the city their route lay along the margin of the 
extensive plain that borders on the sea, at the foot and over the low 
hills which skirt it. Many columns of dust and loose particles of 
sand were seen rising from the heated plain, by the action of the 
wind, forming vortices of considerable diameter and elevation Clouds 
of smoke, too, were visible in the distance, proceeding, according to 
the information of their guides, from the burning of the cane-brakes 
I he Peruvian willow, so much resembling the Lombardy poplar 
in its form, was much admired, and the contrast in the landscape 
between the barren clay-coloured hills and the bright sreen of the 
irrigated fields was singular. 
At the distance of three leagues from Lima, they passed through 
the rums of an Inca town, situated (as they uniformly found them 
