PASSPORTS. 



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CHAPTER III. 



Passports — Means of defence — The road — Pacayar — Chaclacayo — Narrow pass — 

 Yanacoto — Bridge — Cocachacra — Tribute money — Dividing line between the 

 coast and the Sierra — Moyoc — Varieties of the potato — Matucana — San Mateo — 

 Mines of P&rac — Narrow valley — Summit of the Cordillera — Reflections. 



Before leaving Lima I had had several interviews with the President, 

 General Castilla, who exhibited much interest in my mission ; and the 

 Hon. J. R. Clay. U. S. charge d'affaires, had presented me to General 

 Torrico, who at that time was sole Minister of Peru, under the newly 

 elected President, General Echenique, who yet had not had time to 

 appoint his Cabinet. General Torrico caused to be issued to me the 

 following passport and letter : 



[Translation.] 



Juan Crisostomo Torrico, 



Minister of War and Marine, and charged with the conduct of 

 Foreign Relations. 

 In that Wm. Lewis Herndon, lieutenant of the navy of the United 

 States, and Lardner Gibbon, passed midshipman of the same, commis- 

 sioned by their government to make a scientific expedition in the 

 Territory of Peru, direct themselves towards the interior of the 

 republic for the discharge of their commission, accompanied by Henry 

 Richards, Manuel Ijurra, Mauricio N., attached to said commission, and 

 by two servants : 



Therefore, I direct that the authorities of the districts they may pass 

 through shall place no obstacle in the way of the above-mentioned 

 gentlemen and servants ; but, rather, shall afford them all the assistance 

 and facilities that may be necessary for the fulfilment of their object, 

 preserving to them the considerations which are their due — (guardan- 

 dole las consideraciones que les son debidas^ 



Given in Lima, the 13th of May, 1851. 



J. CMO. TORRICO. 



