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avoiding, in several instances, skirmishing with the guerilla 

 parties, which it was his duty to engnge; and on the eve of a 

 great action, he obtained permission from General Arenales to 

 leave the arm}^ to hasten to Lima to inform San Martin of the 

 state of affairs in the Sierra!* 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Valedictory to the south-west coast of America, and return home. 



The last two weeks of August 1833 were spent in preparing 

 for our homeward bound passage, and in taking leave of our 

 numerous friends in Lima, who seemed to think, that they 

 could not sufficiently manifest, in any way, the warmth of their 

 feelings towards us, and their regret at separation. Nor were 

 these manifestations confined to our countrymen sojourning 

 there; both Englishmen and Peruvians vied in their demon- 

 strations of kindness towards the officers of our happy ship. 



Captain Gregory wrote a farewell letter to General Vivero, 

 expressing thanks for the many acts of kindness extended to 

 the vessels of the United States, while the squadron was under 

 his command, as well as for the many personal civilities re- 

 ceived by him and his officers, from General Vivero, when at 

 Callao. To that letter, the following was received in reply, 

 which is satisfactory, because it shows on what footing the of- 

 ficers of the United States Navy stand in the estimation of Pe- 

 ruvians. 



• See, Memoria Historica sobre las Operaciones e Incidencias de la Division 

 Libertadora a las ordenes del General D. Juan Antonio Alvarez de Arenales 

 en su segunda campana a la Sierra del Peru, en 1821. Por Jose Arenales j 

 Teniente Coronel graduado de Artilleria, &c. Buenos Ayres. 1832. 



