replant and renew the settlements and friendships that were formerly established by the emissaries from Ocopa; friendships now for the most part forgotten, and settlements no longer to be traced, except on the map of their wide-spreading mission-land, already alluded to as dedicated by their order and the literati of Lima to the King of Spain. But since then the dynasty of kings has been destroyed; and zeal for the missionary cause, except in name and speculation, has almost vanished from the land, where it would appear that patriotism can only thrive on the ruins of all the best institutions of former days: and when the writer of the following letter shall be no more, the name of king and Saviour, if not also of friend[19] and patriot, may soon cease to be heard or honoured among the woods and glades in the now isolated and forlorn mission of the Ucayali. “Peruvian Republic.—Mission of the Ucayali. ”Sarayacu, 14th December 1834. “To the Sub-prefect of Huanuco. “On the 20th of November last, I replied to the prefect, D. Francisco Quiros, regarding the project of the Supreme Government, which was sent to me by you, 24th September of this present year; and I answered, with the least possible delay, by the Moyobamba post. But, lest that letter should have been in any way mislaid or lost, I think it advisable, as it related to an affair of so much importance, to forward a duplicate of the same, which is as follows:— “RESPECTED SIR,