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    . Tke Ba * oa de Zandt was a fine soldier-like pereon , of com-WUttling appearance , milled with the suavity of a man of the JiWfkL He seemed about five-and-forty , had light hair , enoiv jftojiis fr ^ ierfortnjed mustacbio * of the sam e hue , and a large Mitiare tuft below his nether lip . His countenance was easy and

    good-tempered , though his steady grey eye , which nothing escaped * would at times fire up as he spoke * There were few lines in his face except round the eyes , and those were far more expressive of subtle calculation and knowledge than age . He was pne of the very few men I have met , who could talk

    inces-« &tttly and never commit himself . His usual dress was a grey & 0 cV buttoned close up . SejvQjc CastilUo was a quiet courteous Spaniard of five or six and thirty , a great reader and a little talker . He had dark eyes , fc aiijp , ana small jetty whiskers , the only one of the three who Wore any . Whenever he spoke , and this was chiefly to the Ambassador , he always seemed in the greatest haste to finish and have done with it . He had an immense collection of books

    aboard , all splendidly bound . Captain Smith I had already known some years . The conversation was principally carried on in French , though the General always replied in Spanish ; and was frequently of a v $ ry entertaining character , the Baron having seen much service ,

    which , added to an ease and force of recital , made everything ' ^ tell . " He did not evade speaking of our present expedition , aUvuftng to it occasionally in a way most calculated to please the ^ fiicere engaged in it , yet without giving us the least notion of the plan of operations , or even of our primal destination . The dinner was of a very luxurious description , especially the ragouts and fricassees . Worthy was the General ' s cook of his neat fame , and at his salary let no man shake his head . The

    Go £ fee and cigars were also excellent . By , wliy of contrast I will here make a few observations upon ike Midshipmen ' s , berth , in which I was for the present compelled to mess . A cabin of about twelve feet by six , the whole of which Was filled up , except with just leg-room , by a long table and teats with lockers underneath , was the sole mess-room of 1

    sixteen ' < gentlemen * ' It was as hot as an oven , and not half ao dean . The live-stock we had provided was soon out , as We were unable to purchase much on account of having no p lace to pvkt it in , the whole of that part of tha ship appropriated to such use * being occupied by the sheep , fowls , turkies , &c , of the Am * bafitadtir and Captain . Of Iamb and poultry , therefore , had we notte ; but we had very fine salt pork , the fat whereof was only ttao . inches and 4 half thick . The ship ' s beef was of the colour awl f olidHy of mabogapy , and might have been sawed in sficeft before taught to table , if our caterei had been * proper person-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1836, page 610, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2662/page/22/