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Lorenzo you can see, you wiU be clear of all danger; and when the
west martello tower in the castle comes on with the northern part of
Callao spit, bearing N. 49° E., you may haul gradually round, till
the same tower is seen to the northward of the breakers on a shoal
lying off the spit; when a direct course may be shaped for the anchorage.
ITiere is no regular tide in this passage, but generaüy a httle
setting directly through, sometimes to the N.W. and at others
the contraiy ; should the sti-eam be adverse, and it faü cabn while in
the channel, there is good anchorage in eight or nine fathoms, with
the leading mai'ks on.
Callao is well known as the sea-port of -Lima, which is seven
miles inland, situated five hundred feet above the level of the sea,
and at the foot of a range of mountains : when seen from the anchorage
on a fine day, it has anhnposing appearance.
Trade was in a flourishing condition in 1836, and when the government
becomes settled, this may be the first commercial port on the
west coast of South America.
SuppHes of all sorts may be obtained for shijiping; fi'esh provisions
as well as vegetables, with an abundance of fruit : watermg
is also extremely convenient, a well-constructed mole being run out
into the sea, at which boats can He and fiU from the pipes projecting
from its side ; wood is the scarcest article, and very dear, so
that vessels likely to remain at this port should husband their fuel
accordingly.
From Callao, the coast is a sandy beach, ranning in a northerly
direction until you reach Pomt Vernal; it there becomes higher and
chffy, which character continues as far as Point Mulatas, round
which is the httle bay of Ancon.
To the west and south-west of Ancon He the Pescador Islands,
the outer and largest of which bears N. 31° W. fi-om Callao Casüe,
and at the distance of eighteen miles. There is no danger among
these islands ; they are steep-to, with from twenty to thirty fathoms
near them.
N. 33° W. from Point Mulatas, twelve miles distant, is the Bay
of Chancay and river of that name ; this bay may be known by the
bluff head that forms the point, and has three hiUs on it, in an easterly
cUrection ; it is a confined place, and fit only for small coasters.
From Chancay, the coast runs in a more westerly direction, as fai- as
Point SaUnas, a shingle beach, with a few broken, cHiiy points; the
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orhead of Salina. is - ^ ^
south direction ; off its southern " L a s Bajas,
of a mile from the shore . and ^^ f je two coves
is an islet at a cable's distance ; between the^e p o ^
fit only for boats; there is a a level,
at a short distance from the coa. , ^ d fuAe m ^ ^^
the Ingest of which is ce^ed « u e ^
The next in si.e is called Pclado ; it lies S. s^ ^ e s ^ d
tween Ma.or,ue and but as
from their appearance, may ^« J ^ P P™^ . ^ ¿sk going
m : d t i r i - hut whtt they V^a^^ -
' T o u n d the northern point of B^^ina. Head is the bay of t «
. large dimensions, . d « you
coast is -deratel y lugh ^ ^mall;
reach the Bay of H u a c h o ^ ^ y ^^ ^^^^ ^^^
but the anchorage is good m five tat , ^^^^ ^^^^^
that run off the northern p ^ t o f ^ head^ ^
a mile from the coast m , pi,ee of much