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a large anti-chamber, crowded with ofEcera, ibldiers, and do- 
meftics. Her^ we were received by fev.erail officers ,helo0:ging 
to the houfehold, and the furgeon-general to the arnjy,, who 
^poke good Englifh, having acquired his profelTional know- 
ledge in London. A few minutes after our arrival, a curtain» 
■which hung over the door of the .prefence-chamber, was 
drawn alide ; and on our entrance we were individually in- 
troduced to the viceroy by the commodore. The ceremony 
being ended, and a fhort converfation Jiaving taken place, 
we were ufhered into another fpacious room, where we all 
fat down. I could not help remarking that the viceroy 
placed himfelf in fuch a manner as to have his back turned 
on moft of the officers* I was told afterwards that he apo- 
logized for this ; but I did not hear him, though very near. 
Neither the room we were now in, nor that into which we 
were firft introduced, exhibited any marks of magnificence 
or elegance^ I acknowledge, that for my own part I was 
exceedingly difappointed. From the parade without, fuch 
as the number of guards, &c. I was led to fuppofe that we 
Should find every thing within the palace proportionably 
fnagnificent and princely. But this was by no means the 
cafe. The only furniture I faw in the room we were in, 
except 
