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o'clock, having paddled down the same river as 

 yesterday, but with its name changed to Quito. 



On landing, one of the officers of the cus- 

 tom-house received me, conducting me to a 

 lodging that had been prepared for me. Short- 

 ly after. Dr. Robert Key, an Englishman, who 

 had been surgeon-major to General San Mar- 

 tin in Peru, came to visit me, and accompa- 

 nied me to the house of the acting governor^ 

 Don Jose Maria de la Torre. 1 presented my 

 passport, which he read, and returned ; he 

 then proffered every assistance in his power ; 

 but informed me that I had not any chance 

 of getting away for a month. After half an 

 hours general conversation we retired; and 

 then Dr. Key introduced me to the only Eng- 

 lish merchant in the place, a Mr. Higson, and 

 his partner, a native of Jamaica, called Cou- 

 tin, who has married a lady of Citera. I found 

 Mr. Higson an agreeable, well-informed man. 

 Dined with Dr. Ke}^ and passed a pleasant 

 evening, talking over the state of Peru and 

 Chili, and making enquiries after the friends 

 I had left there in 1820. 



March 3d. Since my arrival I employed 

 myself in writing up my journal, or in reading. 



