COASTING VOYAGK. 



21 



No. V. 



Valparaiso to Lima^ hy the " EntremedioSy'^ or 

 Intermediate Ports, 

 2^th of May to 2Uh of June 1821. 



From Valparaiso we steered at the distance of 

 about sixty miles from the coast, as far as lat. 22^° 

 south ; when we hauled in, and afterwards coasted 

 along in sight of the shore, at the distance of seven 

 or eight leagues, as far as Arica. The winds being 

 light from S. S. E. it was not till the 7th of June 

 that we anchored there. From thence we coasted 

 along by Quiaca, Morro de Sama, and Ilo, to Mol- 

 lendo, the winds being generally from the east- 

 ward, and drawing off shore at night ; calm in the 

 mornings ; and hauling in from the sea in the day ; 

 the weather invariably fine. From Mollendo to 

 Lima we had a fresh breeze off shore about S. E. 

 On approaching the Morro Solar, the wind fell 

 light, and we were obliged to tow the ship through 

 the Boqueron passage into Callao Roads. 



There is no difficulty in making a passage along 

 the south coast of Peru from the eastward. But 



