Produced by Brendan OConnor, Jonathan Ingram, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) BLACKWOOD’S Edinburgh MAGAZINE. VOL. LXII. JULY-DECEMBER, 1847. [Illustration] WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH; AND 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1847. BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. NO. CCCLXXXI. JULY, 1847. VOL. LXII. CONTENTS. PRESCOTT’S PERU, 1 CROSSING THE DESERT, 21 LIFE OF JEAN PAUL RICHTER, 33 A TALE OF THE MASORCHA CLUB--AT BUENOS AYRES, 47 LETTER FROM A RAILWAY WITNESS IN LONDON, 68 SIR H. NICOLAS’S HISTORY OF THE NAVY, 82 EVENINGS AT SEA, 96 THE DOG OF ALCIBIADES, 102 SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CURRENCY, 113 * * * * * EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 45, GEORGE STREET; AND 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. _To whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed._ SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. * * * * * PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. NO. CCCLXXXI. JULY, 1847. VOL. LXII. PRESCOTT’S PERU.[1]