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more intricate. The board is about two feet long, and is 
divided into two hundred and thirty-eight squares, of which 
there are fourteen in a row; and they make use of black and 
white pebbles, which they move from square to square.” 
The death of Kapihe may be considered as a serious loss 
to his native country : his natural intelligence had been cul¬ 
tivated and improved by his various voyages, and he had the 
most anxious desire to be useful at home. We buried him 
out at sea off the Couronilla point, because the bigotry of 
the Chilians scarcely permits permanent repose to the re¬ 
mains of such as are not within the pale of the Roman 
church; and as Kapihe was not even christened, we sub¬ 
stituted a prayer, written on the occasion, for the church 
service, when we committed his body to the deep. 
We remained longer on the coast of Chile than was at 
first intended, because the small-pox had broken out among 
the ship’s company, and Lord Byron resolved on taking 
every precaution against carrying that destructive malady 
to the Sandwich Isles. But at length, the disorder being 
somewhat lessened, we sailed towards the coast of Peru. 
March 14.—We anchored in the bay of Chorillos, which 
lies immediately to the southward of Callao, and is by no 
means so eligible for shipping. It is, however, just now 
raised to some importance, on account of the war still main- 
