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gular pleafure of making him fome re- 

 turn, when my circumftances were much 

 better than his. One night, when we 

 were locked up, there happened a dread* 

 ful (hock of an earthquake. We ex- 

 pected, every moment, the roof and 

 walls of our prifon to fall in upon us, 

 and crufli us to pieces ; and what added 

 to the horror of it was, the noife of 

 chains and imprecations in the next pri- 

 fon which joined to ours, where there 

 were near feventy felons heavily loaded 

 with irons, who are kept here to work 

 upon the fortifications, as in other coun- 

 tries they are condemned to the gallies, 

 A few days after this, we were told an 

 order was come from the prefident to 

 the governor to fend us up to St. Jago, 

 which is ninety miles from Valparaifo, 

 and is the capital of Chili. There were, 

 at this time, feveral fliips in the port • 

 from Lima delivering their cargoes ; fo that 

 almoft every day there were large droves 



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