Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-11-10

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t.. .-pu.- lay, b.qia TO feel nj 4bojlr
sl..:s nay a..... the Northern Hcmis i.rtv, and
have tau. ~ p.u - toll You of a short cruise
we have .Iu,t returned from along the coast OF
Chilli, and Peru 1t is nearly three months
since We sailed iron, CAao, bound for Napa-
raise, whittier We arrived in eighteen days. huy-
ing met with nothing Of interest during our pas
sage save glimpse OF the Island Of Juan Fernandez
atnou. both in story and in that pathetic SOM,
which says, in relating the history Of Robinson Cru,
" On an Island he landed,
In the surf hi boat stranded;
But be TX to hi. heel,
Add swan through Sd
On, poor Robinson Crusyc'"
The green hills Of Valparaiso are very refreshing
eyes so long accustomed to the dust and ashes
of the soil Of Peru have been; but the re-
membranoe That these hills were ns barren as any in
Peru, on our last visit during the southern summer
makes one still wish for g more vcrdnnt and endu-
ring covering for the earth than thet afforded by a
field of cactus, wild lille, and annual shrubs
During short visit the feast of Corpus Christi
was celebrated, mud hnd the pleasure of witness
sing ali the imposing mummery of d Roman C.tho-
lie festiN al in country where no other religion i.
eratoltcd These 'ieast days are of such frcoucut
occurrence a. to be u scrou. annoyance to foreign
efs relying upon native laDorers, who, although
thoy "Hl Work On sunday II asnod, Yet never be
induced 80 do any tang pR "ea't day. The city
Of Valparos. h.- about fifty thousand inhabitants,
and j, stuat d in and among Il countless number of
iit'!' mus amt Ia'me'' called "quebradas.' The
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leaving ,ritablc city with regret, -,r.u
1l5s in the liz. outh-East trade winds brought
US to the des late ttc town of Gququc, in Peru 1t
ls impossible to Imagine greater contrast, at least
in the mind Of one VIII had just left hi only ',uth
American friends, than that between NalIr and
lquiquc. The latter We found in the midst OF the
confusion and ALARM incitcutto the seat ofciyi war
l's' u'' llu"o'l'h'' nave been
90" ny Tue presence OF
ID. '''l'' ''' -'''' Gays "ei'ie our arm
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IT"'4ue has ABOUT twelve hundred inhabitants
80 vegetation ' resi- water i' to be found within
.iAty "''''. the hills behind tho dirty, ruinous
l'''e town. ',oh Na II curse had fallen upon tem
w. 'S'' Ca I'll Is 10 o' '"oh' un-
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