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fied by our discovering afterwards, when rambling 

 amongst the hills, undoubted traces of an ancient 

 forest. We pleased our imaginations by looking 

 forward to the time when industry and wealth shall 

 again restore the whole of this uncultivated scene 

 to its former beauty. 



Our pic-nic differed greatly from the repasts 

 under that name which I have shared in other 

 countries ; for here we partook of at hast a dozen 

 dressed dishes, with all the formalities of a din- 

 ner, not followed, however, by the customary sies- 

 ta ; a most remarkable omission. The party being 

 in a merry mood, voted that, instead of sleeping, 

 we should go to a flower-garden about a mile dis- 

 tant ; and the proposal being carried by acclama- 

 tion, we set out, and having sauntered up and 

 down the cool walks for an hour, returned to the 

 town loaded with roses and sweetbriar. 



On the 22d of J anuary his Majesty's ship Owen 

 Glendower arrived at Valparaiso, and the Conway 

 being ordered to proceed to Peru, sailed on the 

 27th for Callao, the sea-port of Lima. 



