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t * i * t effect They tttl wwe White transfers , in sfeipe- # ftd / 1 J * i | e UkP ^ * r « 4- ** fl » or tfee loag conduit baga itj a flovHaiff . ' * Wie J co ^ ttMujdaat of the fort , pr garnwq . of S ^ cra ^ icwk Traa a t % l , t $ ijkV 0 &ftpw man , who had two enonnOu * ep&uletfe * , 1 OVtfiffe }* i *^ l 0 Y * n ] y way—to our eye «~ over the front of'hiJB ; shoVlaers . B ^ ing hlbijtuated to the hi g h-sboulfcred cU ^ dtefcj , Wei of eo ^ r&e thought the round < # f f p excessively ^ becoaritxgf . Most
Of these cavajieros were evidently of Spanish eXtpLctioru Th ^ y ttli wore cat-pointed mustachiQS—their dark h ^ tir Verjr long , ttyin , and Unking down with oil—smoked incessantly- —were v * nrg rjare and grimaciously polite . General Michelena ( the ambassador ) , the Baron de Zant
( a . ta lented epgpneer ) , } &nd Senor C ^ tillio ( the treasurer , iecretafy , &c . )| left the ship a few hours after we hqLd ca ^ t anchor , ajkl were landed on the beach at about t \ yo miles dist&dpe from the town , not choosing to risk bei ^ g rowed up to the jaole , or p ier-head , which was within suiph gbod g ^ nfthot of the castU . It is to be understood tji ^ t the Cas tle pt it Juan Ulloa was still in possession of the Spanish rtortiiwrLa :
On the fourth morning after out arrival J went ashore wijtfc Cat > tain B—¦— and one of the midshipmen ^ to Sacraflcio ^; and from its appearance one would imagine that pestilence and death had rulect qver it time immemorial . It was a parched , Mftdy , desolate place , and along ; the sea-shore there lay au a ^ lfmlance of human bones . The sands glistened fiercely lltidei * the slut , and were burning hot to the feet . It jvas imtd at of
WM ^ lfMe Io 6 k some the sand banks and stony mounds , fk& fi ^ ht upon them was so intolerable . There $ re sojpoie reinains &t ruins tipon the isliind } probably of ancient s ^ ctfflcial temples ; though % do not think there cam be fcw& ' atry 'fjfo f topefe |> it fogi ^ her ii | ^ uch and such a \ v ay % or a strange mnp \ Ttpi ) n an ^ o ne stone , whereby the f ^ ct of whaf th ? y oflglnalty w ^ re ^ e ^ n b $ proved . Human sacrifiiJeii ( hea ' ce ' t ^ e nadfeV'Ujpe mid td ha ^ e been offered up here in former times : ftridi some We to of
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^*^ i * f * ig 1 h ^( P W » o ^ of { he gpld-lap ^ d g ^ iatrv vUo ftad r £ - dmt f ttai f V # ft vfoif ftboard . We now &l 3 & ifittle Mtjfftitlo ** ¥ i y ?\ m WM \ rA | Hng 4 boUt ^ the atfiL to dlredt as to the Cftm-^ jti S& ^ f * n 4 otwh | ph ttte fc « & Pffe V ^ tke ^ w feA ^ n ^ l ^ Bt Wb *• i ^ i 1 ^ P * * y * i n ^ » w ^ ?! ^ W Ww « iBf * BW ^ . w pwy wt ?? p of furmture m fae xo ^ m * ? Qwi » e auoonMrted , advanced to meet us with a grave / dignified air .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/26/
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