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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Valparaiso — Amicable deportment of the inhabitants— Interchange of civilities — 
Accumulated documents — Extent and importance of the Pacific station — Illegal 
detention of two American whale- ships — Defects in our consular system— Effects 
of the revolution — Other ports on the coast — The islands — Sail from Valparaiso 
— Arrive at Callao — Meet with the Falmouth and Dolphin — Description of the 
harbour — Visit Lima . . . . . . . . . • 433 
CHAPTER XXV. 
City of Lima — Climate and Temperature — View of the City from the summit of San 
Christoval — The river Rimac — Cisterns and fountains — Absence of rain, thunder, 
and lightning . . . . 440 
CHAPTER XXVL 
Earthquakes in Lima — Destruction of the city — -Callao overflowed and destroyed by 
the sea— Visit Valparaiso — Return to Callao, touching at Coquimbo — Falmouth 
sails for the United States — Potomac proceeds to the north . . . 447 
CHAPTER XXVn. 
Galapagos Islands — Charles's Island, or La Floriana — Governor Vilamil's Colony 
— Its origin and advance — Description of the island — Its productions — Pure and 
wholesome water — Prohibition of spirituous liquors — Fowls, terapins, &c. — Climate 
and temperature^ — ^Abuses connected with our whale-fisheries — Improvements and 
reforms suggested . . . . . . . . . . 464 
CHAPTER XXVm. 
Sail from the Galapagos — Visit Guayaquil — Touch at the ports of Payta and Lam- 
bayeque — Arrival at Callao — Meet the Fairfield — Return to Valparaiso — Depart 
for the United States— Falkland Islands . , 474 
CHAPTER XXIX. 
Falkland Islands — Controversy between the United States and the Argentine Re- 
public, in reference to our right to a free use of the fisheries in the waters which 
surround these islands and their adjacenciss . . . . . . 480 
CHAPTER XXX. 
Passage north of the Falkland Islands — Icebergs — Perilous situation of the Potomac 
— Arrival at Rio — Naval etiquette — Excursion up the Bay — Island of Paqueta — 
National festival — Sail for the United States — Arrival at Boston — Public de- 
spatches — Splendid ball on board — End of the voyage . . . .515 
