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PERU. 



confidence were banished, just at the moment 

 when the pressure of the war was most urgent, 

 and when a cordial union was the only safeguard 

 against the ruin and misery of the whole house. 



Had my attention been less occupied in pre- 

 serving a prudent and circumspect line of con- 

 duct, I might, undoubtedly, have noticed many 

 incidents, which, if properly described, would 

 have served to characterize the singular state of 

 Lima at the moment : but this being impossible, 

 I could only hope to catch occasionally some mi- 

 nute though sufficiently portentous symptoms of 

 the times. 



We of course paid our respects to the vener- 

 able Archbishop of Peru, who professed himself 

 much attached to the English, and entertained us 

 with a discourse on the advantages of free com- 

 merce.» and the just exercise of other civil rights. 

 This surely was ominous. From the Archbishop's 

 palace, we crossed the square to an old lady'^s 

 house, whom we found, as well as her daughter, 

 in deep grief. The cause we did not inquire ; 

 having for some days known, although it had 

 been concealed from her, that her <son, who had 



