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LIMA. 



CHAPER X. 

 LIMA. 



CHANGE PRODUCED BY THE REVOLUTION— SUBSEQUENT 

 EVENTS IN LIMA CHARACTER OF SAN MARTIN. 



Our stay at Lima, upon this occasion, was 

 short, but very interesting. We arrived on the 

 9th, and sailed on the 17th of December 182L 

 In the interval of four months, which had elapsed 

 since we left Peru, the most remarkable change 

 had taken place in the aspect of affairs. The flag 

 of Spain had been struck on the Castle of Callao ; 

 and in its place was displayed the standard of In- 

 dependence. The harbour, which we had left 

 blockaded by an enemy, was now open and free to 

 all the world ; and, instead of containing merely 

 a few dismantled ships of war, and half a dozen 



empty merchant vessels, was crowded with ships 

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