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I am bound for a gallop across the Pam- 

 pas to Mendoza with Dr. Maclean. We 

 shall then cross the Andes into Chile, and 

 embark at Valparaiso for Lima ; and from 

 thence I shall find my way to Panama, and 

 across the isthmus to the West Indies, or 

 North America. 



The Sparrowhawk has relieved the North 

 Star, which has sailed for Rio, much to my 

 regret; for I had got so accustomed to the 

 ship, and her excellent and amiable officers, 

 that I felt on her departure as if I was severed 

 from almost the only link which bound me to 

 civilization and my own country. I am on 

 the eve too of making this separation still 

 more complete, by deserting my good friends 

 here, whose guest I have so long been ; and 

 it is a serious change for the worse, to give up 

 the luxury and ease of their hospitable roof, 



