PREFACE. 



The following sheets contain a narrative of my 

 journey across the Continent of South Ame- 

 rica, in the month of August, 1827 ; and ray re- 

 turn by the same route in the month of Decem- 

 ber following. 



The Journal was written, according to a 

 very general custom amongst Naval Officers, 

 solely for the information and amusement of 



