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and independence. In dress also a total change 

 had very recently taken place, and from the same 

 causes. The former uncouth, and almost savage 

 costume of the ladies, and the slovenly cloaks worn 

 by the men, had given way to the fashions of Eu- 

 rope : and although these may be deemed circum- 

 stances almost too minute to mention, they are not 

 unimportant when connected with feelings of na- 

 tional pride, heretofore unknown. It is by these, 

 and a multitude of other small changes, that these 

 people are constantly reminded of their past com- 

 pared with their present situation ; and it is of 

 essential use to their cause, that they should take 

 delight in assimilating themselves, even in trifles, 

 with other independent nations of the world. 



No such changes, and no such sentiments, 

 were as yet to be found in Peru. In the harbour 

 of Callao, the shipping were crowded into a cor- 

 ner, encircled by gun-boats, close under the fort, 

 and with a strong boom drawn round them. The 

 custom-house was empty, and the door locked; 

 no bales of goods rose in pyramids on the quays ; 

 no loaded mules covered the road from Callao to 

 Lima ; nor during the whole ascent was an indi- 



