Fénix 10, 203-234

LSTTERS SO JAMES PAROISSPEN 207 send them to Martinez 15 without saying a word about them to him until he has recd. them. 1 am quitz ashamed of not having done this encargo be- fore for him. 1 recd. 2 English letters last night with a trunk contlaininlg al1 Ro- bertson's works, 16 publications, etc., etc., etc. I t came open and a gold sea1 is missing with some silk socks. Price 17 told me he had sent two, only one has arrived. My brother has forwarded me 22 large maps and three trunks or boxes of knick-knacks which have not arrived and which 1 have reason to think are lost. No news worth communicating in rny letters. Orteja [ ? ] has just Seen to say 1 have oaly 30 dollars left. 1 there- fore request you will be good enough to pay for the cognac and place the amount to my account. Now no time for inorz. If 1 should not see you, good bye and God bless you. Yours ever most sincerely, W. Miller MZLLER TO PAROZSSIEM On board fhe Valdivia frigate. 20 March, 1821. (p.m.) My dear Paroissien, We are now in sight of the town and fort of Pisco, and 1 am in great hopes of being enabled to land at Parraccas some time to night. From our having been distinguishable for such a length of time from the shore (since yesterday we have not been more than ten miles from it), 1 fear we shall not have it in our power to surprize the few militia who may form the ga- rrisson of the place. We shall do our best to procirre the general as many slaves for soldiers as possible. I t is the Admiral's intention at present to sen,d to Cañete, immediately we have effected a landing and obtained intelligence at Pisco, about 150 soldiers to drive al1 the ganado and other supplies to Pis- co, which will be the punto de re-union for the division. In the mean time perhaps 1 may pay a visit to Ica with three hundred men, if it be possible to procure horses and mules for them to mount. 1 can say nothing more of our intended operations because 1 am ignorant of the Admiral's plans which, of course, will be guided entirely by circumstances. 1 inclose you some pamphlets. Be so good as to let Garcia 18 see them 15. See note 8. 16. William Robertson, the historian. 17. Richard Price, an English merchant in Chile. 18. Juan García del Río, San Martín's Secretario de Hacienda. Fénix: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. N.10, 1954