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LIMA. 



April 1^ on board the Tyrian, — It was finally 

 settled the next day^ that I should embark the 

 following night in the Tyrian, to be conveyed 

 to Payta. The Tyrian is not to anchor there if 

 she can help it ; but the captain does not know 

 the port^ and he may be obliged to do so for 

 the night. If the report that Salaverry has 

 blockaded it be true, we may be prevented 

 from entering the bay of Payta by his vessels 

 of war, which consist of two small ill-manned 

 ships. This risk I must, however, run, at 

 all events. In the course of the morning 

 I was taken, by Captain Mason, to visit the 

 American commodore, on board the Bran- 

 dywine. I was once before alongside of this 

 frigate, at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, 

 when going to Naples in the Thetis, and I had 

 then heard so much of her size and magnifi- 

 cence, that I was curious to see her more in 



