PERU TO CHILI. 



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and the breeze freshens from the southward, which 

 enables ships to reach the anchorage generally with- 

 out a tack, after rounding the north end of Loren- 

 zo ; so that, upon the whole, this outer route, which 

 is entirely free from danger, is preferable to the 

 other, at least for a stranger. 



No. IV. 



Lima to Valparaiso, 

 28th of February to 18th of March 1821. 

 (18 Days.) 



The return passage from Peru to Chili requires 

 some attention, and may generally be made by a 

 man-of-war in less than three weeks ; it has been 

 made in less than a fortnight by a frigate, which, 

 however, on the next occasion, took twenty-eight 

 days. The point which contributes most to the suc- 

 cess of this passage is keeping well off the wind af- 

 ter leaving Lima, and not having any scruples about 

 making westing, provided southing can also be gain- 

 ed. The S. E. trade- wind, through which the great- 

 er part of this course is to be made, invariably 

 draws to the eastward at its southern limit, and^ 



