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ARRIVE AT CALLAO. 



was going down light to Lima, I embarked at 

 three in the afternoon, when we got under weigh 

 with a very light wind. On clearing the land, 

 we had a strong breeze from the southward, 

 which held till we came off the coast of 

 Peru ; which was very barren, shewing the 

 Giant Andes towering in the distance ; it 

 then fell light, and continued so until our arrival 

 on the 16th, making the passage in twelve days. 

 The thermometer averaged 65^ on the Chili 

 coast, with thick hazy weather, and 72^ on the 

 Peruvian, with very light winds. 



Directions for running into Callao Bay, — 

 There are two ways of entering into the Bay 

 of Callao, either the southward or northward ; 

 the southward is called the Boqueron passage, 

 and is very convenient, coming along shore 

 from that quarter ; it may be passed with the 

 greatest safety, by paying proper attention to 

 the marks ; which are, when you are in between 

 the island of Fronton, (which is high, and lies 

 off the south-east end of St. Lorenzo,) and the 



