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the knot of love,— neither parental affection, nor filial 
endearment, the sanctity of the altar, or the fear of 
eternal punishment, could restrain those men from 
following their detestable pursuits. Possessing invincible 
spirits, worthy of a better cause, they followed the 
dictates of their uncontrolled passions ; until justice, 
with her “leaden feet ” but “ iron hands,” grasped them 
with a relentless hold, and hurried them all into that 
oblivious shade, in which their career of guilt was finally 
concluded. 
Such have been a few of the scenes which have been 
enacted in Peru, a country which at one time filled the 
Spanish coffers to an overflow. And when the travel- 
ler finds himself situated under its enormous moun- 
tains, when he mixes with its people, or when he glides 
on its own ocean, past its rocky shores, those remi- 
niscences of its history may serve to occupy his leisure 
hours in reflecting upon the ways of man, the tumults 
he can raise, and the crimes he can commit. 
