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tinguish the lowest orders of society, than I had 

 before witnessed among anj people who had ever 

 had the advantage of living among those connected 

 with the civilized world." On another occasion 

 he says, " we were received with the most cheerful 

 affability, particularly by the younger part of the 

 sex, among whom we noticed several faces whichj 

 even by the side of our fair countrywomen, might 

 have been considered as pretty, had not the into- 

 lerably nasty custom of painting both red and 

 white, destroyed the natural delicacy of their com- 

 plexion," &c. He also speaks of the universal pre- 

 valence of the custom of drinking matte, an infu- 

 sion of the herb of Paraguay. The author has 

 been induced to make these extracts from Vancou- 

 ver, to show that he enjoyed the hospitality of the 

 natives of Valparaiso, yet did not conceive himself 

 precluded from making such remarks as were jus- 

 tified by the habits and manners of the people. 

 The author had another object — to exhibit the folly 

 of the Quarterly Reviewer, in thus stigmatizing as 

 ignorance, the mention of an herb which has been 

 known familiarly to the world for nearly two cen- 

 turies ; and branding with the stigma of ingratitude, 

 the statement of facts, corroborated in language 

 quite as expressive, by the vaunted navigators of 

 his own country. 



The next attack of the Reviewer is on Mr. 

 Adams, chaplain of the Essex. 



In the muster-roll of the crew we found the name of 

 * David Adams, chaplain,^ Knowing the economy as well 

 as the ' philosophy' of Mr. Madison's government, this 

 appointment took us by surprise ; since, with the excep- 

 tion of a lively sally of Captain Porter against the pig- 

 headed protestants^ who prefer prayers on a Sunday to 

 debauchery and rebellion ; and a desperate threat *to set 



