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Lorenzo you can see, you will be clear of all danger ; and when the 

 west martello tower in the castle comes on with the northern part of 

 Callao spit, bearing N. 49° E., you may haul gradually round, till 

 the same tower is seen to the northward of the breakers on a shoal 

 lying off the spit ; when a direct course may be shaped for the ancho- 

 rage. There is no regular tide in this passagCj but generally a little 

 setting directly through, sometimes to the N.W. and at others 

 the contrary ; should the stream be adverse> and it fall calm while in 

 the channel, there is good anchorage in eight or nine fathoms, with 

 the leading marks on, 



Callao is well known as the sea-port of Lima, which is seven 

 miles inland, situated five hundred feet above the level of the sea, 

 and at the foot of a range of mountains : when seen from the an- 

 chorage on a fine day, it has an imposing appearance. 



Trade was in a flourishing condition in 1836, and when the govern- 

 ment becomes settled, this may be the first commercial port on the 

 west coast of South America. 



Supplies of all sorts may be obtained for shipping ; fresh provi- 

 sions as weU as vegetables, with an abundance of fruit : watering 

 is also extremely convenient, a well- constructed mole being run out 

 into the sea, at which boats can lie and fill from the pipes pro- 

 jecting from its side ; wood is the scarcest article, and very dear, so 

 that vessels likely to remain at this port should husband their fuel 

 accordingly. 



From Callao, the coast is a sandy beach, running in a northerly 

 direction until you reach Point Vernal ; it there becomes higher and 

 cliffy, which character continues as far as Point Mulatas, round 

 which is the little bay of Ancon. 



To the west and south-west of Ancon lie the Pescador Islands, 

 the outer and largest of which bears N. 31** W. from Callao Castle, 

 and at the distance of eighteen miles. There is no danger among 

 these islands ; they ^re steep-to, v/ith from twenty to thirty fathoms 

 near them. 



N. 33*^ W. from Point Mulatas, twelve miles distant, is the Bay 

 of Chancay and river of that name ; this bay may be known by the 

 bluff head that forms the point, and has three hiUs on it, in an eas- 

 terly direction ; it is a confined place, and fit only for small coasters. 

 From Chancay, the coast runs in a more westerly direction, as far as 

 Point Salinas, a shingle beach, with a few broken, cliffy points ; the 



