Venezuela: or, Sketches of life in a South American republic: with the history of the loan of 1864 . TO PHILIP EOSE, ESQ., OF RATNERS, BUCKS. My dear Rose, To you I owe my pleasant visit to Venezuela. To you,therefore, if to anyone, these pages ought to be inscribed; andI am so glad of an opportunity to thank you publicly for manyacts of friendship, that I dedicate my book to you, withoutallowing myself to consider how much your name may lose, asmine must gain, by the association. Ever yours, EDWARD B. EASTWICK. 38, Thurloe Square,1868. PEEFACE. On the 7th of June, 1864, I was asked to go toVe
Venezuela: or, Sketches of life in a South American republic: with the history of the loan of 1864 . TO PHILIP EOSE, ESQ., OF RATNERS, BUCKS. My dear Rose, To you I owe my pleasant visit to Venezuela. To you,therefore, if to anyone, these pages ought to be inscribed; andI am so glad of an opportunity to thank you publicly for manyacts of friendship, that I dedicate my book to you, withoutallowing myself to consider how much your name may lose, asmine must gain, by the association. Ever yours, EDWARD B. EASTWICK. 38, Thurloe Square,1868. PEEFACE. On the 7th of June, 1864, I was asked to go toVenezuela as Financial Commissioner for the GeneralCredit Company. The appointment was offered, inthe first instance, to Lord Hobart, and on his decliningit, to me. The terms were liberal. All my expenseswere to be paid, and I was to receive one thousandpounds for three months, reckoning from the day ofembarkation. But the pleasure of seeing a newcountry, and learning a new language, and the ex-perience of financial transactions I should gain in sucha mission, were to me stiU stronger inducements
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