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ARRIVAL AT LIMA.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Triumphal entry of Our Artist and his much-the-better-half; reviving the brilliant days of Pizarro and his conquering warriors, as they entered the "City of the Kings."--The Peruvian warriors in the present century, however, conquer but the baggage, and permit the weary traveller to walk to his hotel at the tail-end of the procession.]
THE CATHEDRAL AT LIMA.
[Ill.u.s.tration: An after-dinner sketch (rather shaky) from our balcony in the Hotel Morin, on the Grand Plaza.]
DOMESTICS IN PERU.
[Ill.u.s.tration: One of the waiters at our hotel, clad in the inevitable _poncho_--A genuine native Peruvian, perhaps a son of "Rolla the Peruvian," who was "within."]
A PERUVIAN COOK.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Peeping into the kitchen one day, Our Artist perceives that a costume, cool and neglige, may be improvised by making a hole in a coffee-bag and getting into it.]
STREETS OF LIMA--CALLE JUDIOS.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Almost every other street in Lima has a stream of filthy water or open sewer running through the middle of it, offering rich fis.h.i.+ng-grounds to the graceful _gallinazos_ or turkey-buzzards, who thus const.i.tute the street-cleaning department of the munic.i.p.al government.]
CELESTIALS IN PERU.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist is here seen resisting the tempting offer of a bowl of what appears to be buzzard soup, in front of one of the Chinese cook-shops that abound in the neighborhood of the market at Lima.]
DOLCE FAR NIENTE--A DREAM OF PERU.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist before going to Lima, during little poetical siestas, had indulged in lovely romantic reveries, the burden of which he sketches in his mind's eye, Horatio--but]
THE SAD REALITY.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Alas! too frequently his thirsty eye is met only by such visions as the above--and the lovely beauties of Lima, where are they?]
BEDROOMS IN PERU.
[Ill.u.s.tration: A section of the inner-wall to our chamber at the Hotel in Lima.--The condition of things at the witching hour of night, judging by the sounds.]
STREETS OF LIMA.--CALLE PALACIO.
[Ill.u.s.tration: A young Peruvian accompanying its mamma to market in the morning.]
STREETS OF LIMA--CALLE PLATEROS.
[Ill.u.s.tration: A picturesque little _mirador_ or lookout at the corner of Calle Plateros and Bodegones, opposite the Hotel Maury, with balconies _ad lib._]
OCCUPATIONS IN LIMA.
[Ill.u.s.tration: The _panadero_, or baker, as he appears on his mite of a donkey, rus.h.i.+ng round through the streets of Lima, delivering bread to his customers.]
CARRIAGES AND PAVEMENTS IN LIMA.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist, after a hearty dinner, extravagantly engages a three-horse coupe, and goes out for a regular, genuine, native Peruvian ride.
That his bones are unbroken, and that he is yet alive to tell the tale, remains to him an unfathomable mystery.]
COSTUMES IN LIMA.--THE SAYA Y MANTO.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist has heard a good deal about the magnificent eyes of the Limanian women; but as he never sees more than one eye at a time, he can't say much about them, with any regard for the truth.]
