the South- Sea. 193 



faluted by all the Artillery on the Ramparts of the Town ; 

 and when he went out of the Road, he was faluted with 

 13 Guns by each French Ship. It will feem amazing, that 

 a Ship of that Magnitude, or Rate, fhould be fold at fo low 

 1 a Price in a Country where thofe of 400 Tons are worth 

 four times as much : It was a Contrivance of the Viceroy, 

 who renew'd the Prohibition to the Spaniard? to buy any 

 French Ship, to the end he might have it at his own rate. 



In fliort, he returned to Lima the fame Day. At his P%ar6y\ 

 Departure from Callao he was again faluted with ten Guns : 

 His Retinue confifted of fome Horfe-Guards, but his Atten- 

 dance had nothing refembling the Viceroyfhip. The Truth 

 is, it was the Biinop of 'Quito, Von Pedro Ladron de Gue- 

 vara, who enjoy'd that Poft only during the Interim^ till 

 the Court of Spin fent another. 



The Dejcription of the Road of Callao, 



HP H E Road of Callao is certainly the greateft, the fincft, Plate XXVfc 



and the fafeft in all the South-Sea. There is An- 

 chorage every where in as much Depth of Water as any 



C c one 



Plate XXVI. Page 19%. explain d in Englifti. 



The Plan of the Road of CALLAO, on theCoaft of Pepu in 12 Degreet 

 8 Minutes of South Latitude, and in 79 Degrees, 45 Minutes of Weft 

 Longitude from the Meridian of Paris. 



Partie de la Ville de Lima, Part of the City if Lima. 

 Mono Solar, The Mad-land Solar. 

 Penna horadada, Pierre Percee, The Rod bored through. 

 Pointe du CalJao, The Point of Callao. 

 Bahe qu'on voit brifler, A Shoal an which the Sea isfeen to breah 

 Bafle, A Shoal. 



I. de Callao, The I/land of Callao. 



Ifle de S. Laurent, The IJland of S. Laurence; 



Brifant, A Rock. 



Vue de Reconnoiffance de 1; ifle de S. Laurent, Thm appear* the IJland of 

 S. Laurence. 



Pointe de la Galere, Point Galera, or of the Galley. 

 Echefle d' une lieiie marine, A Scale of a Sea League, 



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