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PERU. 



CHAPTER IIL 

 PERU. 



FIRST VISIT TO LIMA, WHILE PERU WAS STILL lii 

 POSSESSION OF THE SPANIARDS. 



On the 5th of February 1821, after a passage 

 of nine days from Valparaiso, we anchored in the 

 Roads of Callao, the port of Lima, from which it 

 is distant about six miles. 



At the time of our arrival, the state of Peru, 

 both domestic and political, was highly interest- 

 ing, though differing in almost every particular 

 from that of Chili. 



There is no circumstance which distinguishes 

 travels by land, from voyages by sea, more than 

 the different manner in which new countries are 

 brought under notice. On land the traveller is 



