LORD ANSOX. 



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CHAPTER XI. 

 COASTING VOYAGE. 



PAYTA — GUAYAQUIL GALAPAGOS ISLANDS PANAMA— 



ACAPULCO SAN BLAS DE CALIFORNIA. 



On the 1 7tli of December 1821, we sailed from 

 Callao Roads, and coasted along to the northward 

 till the 20th ; when we anchored off the town of 

 Payta, a place celebrated in Anson's Voyage, as 

 well as in the histories of the old Buccaneers. 



Lord Anson's proceedings, we were surprised 

 to find, are still traditionally known at Payta ; 

 and it furnishes a curious instance of the effect of 

 manners on the opinions of mankind, to observe 

 that the kindness with which that sagacious offi- 

 cer invariably treated his Spanish prisoners, is, at 

 the distance of eighty years, better known, and 

 more dwelt upon by the inhabitants of Payta, 



