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VOYAGE TO PANAMA. 



Mott^ of the United States ship^ the Crawford^ 

 has agreed to land me at the Pearl Islands, fifty 

 miles from Panama. On board this vessel I 

 shall be very much at my ease. The captain 

 is going to Mazatlari, in Mexico, to be vice- 

 consul at that port, and I find him in every 

 respect, superior in education and manners to 

 most of his class. 



I have read almost all of Mr. Girdon^s books, 

 and begin to be excessively tired of lounging 

 about the shore without any object, or any 

 companion; so that the embarkation for Pa- 

 nama will be a delightful change. I have been 

 much interested by the perusal of Templets 

 Travels in Peru, from Buenos Ayres, which are 

 well worth reading. His description of Tucu- 

 man, and the gauchos of that province, would 

 apply equally well to Mendoza, or Buenos 

 Ayres. He says if a Tucuman possesses a 



