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Partidos, or Guerrillas, composed chiefly of In- 

 dians. 



I was much amused with this account of our 

 new companion, who had, by this time, been urged 

 by our host to take his seat at the table, where he 

 made himself quite at home in a very short time. 

 This was just the sort of man to flourish in a re- 

 volution : we found him a very shrewd person, 

 and well adapted to his situation in the event of 

 any desperate service being required. He was 

 asked if he had come alone, or whether he had 

 thought of bringing some of his people with him 

 to assist in guarding the city at this critical mo- 

 ment. " Don't mention such a thing," cried he ; 



they are the greatest set of villains in Peru, and 

 would cut the throats of half Lima before morn- 

 ing if they were trusted within the walls.'' 



The streets were this evening scoured in every 

 direction by mounted patroles, consisting of ten 

 or a dozen gentlemen each, who allowed no one, 

 without special permission, to remain out of doors 

 after eight o'clock. These precautions were taken 

 by the inhabitants, in consequence of the tumult- 

 uous assemblages of people in the streets the 



