A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . turned to Valparaiso, accompa-nied by one of the gentlemen who came up with me. We passedone night only on the road ; and, at the close of the second daysjourney, reached our destination, less fatigued than with our ride the embargo was not yet raised, my absence had, in no degree,retarded or injured my business; and I derived no less satisfactionfrom this consideration, than from having accomplished an objectrequiring a kind of exertion to which I was entirely unused, — ridingon horseback. CHAPTER XXXI. Sail for Callao — Arrival — Eevo
A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . turned to Valparaiso, accompa-nied by one of the gentlemen who came up with me. We passedone night only on the road ; and, at the close of the second daysjourney, reached our destination, less fatigued than with our ride the embargo was not yet raised, my absence had, in no degree,retarded or injured my business; and I derived no less satisfactionfrom this consideration, than from having accomplished an objectrequiring a kind of exertion to which I was entirely unused, — ridingon horseback. CHAPTER XXXI. Sail for Callao — Arrival — Eevocation of tlie Decree of Condemnation — Overturesto buy the Ship — Take possession of the Beaver—Obligations to Captain Biddle— Livonia—Obligation to Captain Sheriffe — Embargo—Blossom, English Vesselof War— Judge Provost — His bad Odor with the Viceroy—Difficulty of procur-ing Men— Obviated by Prisoners— Capture of Isabella — Expectation of the Chi-lian Fleet — Eemove the Beaver below the Fleet — Keady for IJ^W Squadron, on whose account the embargo hadbeen laid, having sailed, and the Supreme Directorhaving returned to Santiago, I waited in daily ex-pectation of being permitted to sail; but such per-mission was not granted till the 28th of October,when the sailing of the British frigate Andromache,for Lima, left no further plea for our , we sailed the next day, in the Livonia, forCallao. During the passage we experienced no otherthan the favorable breezes, fine weather, and smoothsea, which are so common in making this passage, and,after twelve days, arrived safely at Callao. Before coming to anchor, a boat came alongside from theOntario, in which I went immediately on board the ship tosee Captain Biddle. He received me very cordially; toldme he had been earnestly attempting to bring the government to adecision in the cases of the Beaver and Canton ; that, with this view,he had stated to the Viceroy the sensation
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