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cussing together the practicability of bearing 

 each other company so far> by crossing the 

 Pampas to Valparaiso^ instead of going round 

 the Horn j which the doctor has been invited to 

 do in a French frigate. I have long desired 

 to perform this journey, of which I first be- 

 came enamoured by reading Captain Head's 

 clever and agreeable book ; and the temptation 

 is rendered stronger now ; by the prospect of 

 travelling with a gentlemanly^ well-informed 

 companion, who has resided in the country for 

 the last ten years^ and acquired a perfect 

 knowledge of the language and people. He 

 came out with Lady Cochrane^ to join the 

 Brazilian service under Lord Cochrane, and 

 quitted it on the termination of the war be- 

 tween Buenos Ayres and the Brazilians, to 

 practise surgery at Monte Video. 



January 2. — It is now all arranged., and 



