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whole party forked their meat out of one dish. 

 It was interesting, on looking round the shop, to 

 observe the effect of the recent political changes. 

 A roll of English broad-cloth was resting on a 

 French wine case, marked medoc ; on the table 

 stood a bottle of champagne ; the knives and forks 

 were marked Sheffield, and the skreen which di- 

 vided the apartment was made of a piece of Glas- 

 gow printed cotton. 



We sailed for Lima again on the 4th of August, 

 but it was not till late at night of the 7th that we 

 reached Chorillos, an open roadstead in front of a 

 small town about ten miles to the southward of 

 Lima. This spot, in times of peace a favourite 

 bathing-place for the gay world of the capital, was 

 now a military outpost. Sentinels paced along 

 the heights ; parties of soldiers occupied the beach ; 

 all the neat villas and ornamental cottages were 

 turned into guard-houses and stables ; so that the 

 beauty and comfort of the spot were utterly de- 

 stroyed. As no one was allowed to proceed with- 

 out a passport, I was forced to wait till a messen- 

 ger went to Lima, and returned, and thus lost the 

 whole of the 8th. 



