Fénix 10, 203-234

Pepe and Pancho are in Truxillo, but they have just resigned. Who 1s Cha- velita that was to receive ihe Diamonds? My animo, with that of almost every body, is a t a lower ebb than for- merly. We had, however, a gay little ball the other night a t the house of Mrs. Bergman. The Palomequez, Palacios, Manuelita Cajija [?], Mrs. Lynch, the 1 1, and others there al1 well. 1 do no: know where Mrs. Crammond is. 1llingv:orth 151 is in Gua!7áquil, much respected, biit on tke siielf. He is married to a fine rich girl. 1 have delivered in manas propias your letter to Manuelita Bello, and she promisses to send me an answer for you to morrow morning. Slie is very well. As to newspapers pray send me out those containing news interesting to us in South America marked with a pen, as P have no time to Iook over them in any other way. What 1 expect from you is news, not to be found in a newspaper. Send me also interesting publicaticns. If O'Brian 152 has not left England make rny kind regards. This letter is intended for Garcia 153 as well as yourself. With best wishes t o both of you. 1 remain Yours most sincerely, Wm. Miller. CAPTA I N BA S I L HALL T 8 PAROISSIEM Dunglass, Dunhar. 22nd Decr., 1823. My dear Paroissien, 1 have seldom been more pleased with anything than 1 was by the receipt of your letters of th'e 15th. 1 beg you to know that 1 keep no black book for the friends in whoin 1 have confidence -but aPways suppose there is some good reason for their not answering immediately. The Gazette you send me is excellent, and 1 mean to put it in my book word for word. You must really, however, oblige me a bit further in the matter of Benavides: 154 you have heard San Martin describe his strange and mysterious interview with Benavides, after he was half shot; now, 1 beg you to give it to me as nearly as possible in S.M.'s words. 1 heard it from a brother officer whom you know, who had it from S.M., and 1 mean to give it as nearly as 1 recollect 155- but 151. Captain (Tater Admiral) John Pllingworth. 152. Lt. Colonel John O'Brien. 153. Juen García de! Río. 154. Vicente Benavides. 155. See Basil Hall, Extracts from a Journal wriften on the Coasts of Chile, Perú, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 (3rd ed., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1824), i, 323-4. Fénix: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. N.10, 1954