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A JOURNAL. 



CHAPTER IX. 



EXCURSION TO THE MINING DISTRICTS OF CHILI. 



On the 14th of November 1821, I received or- 

 ders to proceed in the Conway from Valparaiso 

 towards Lima, and to call at the intermediate 

 ports on the coasts of Chili and Peru. The ob- 

 ject of this cruize was to inquire into the British 

 interests at those places ; to assist and protect 

 any of his Majesty's trading subjects ; and, in a 

 general way, to ascertain the commercial resour- 

 ces of the coast. Several points of this inquiry 



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