New-York tribune., 1872-07-18

cathedral thepalace In which Pzarro was assassh
aed. The cathedral, built by Pizarro, but aferward
enlarged and improved is said to be almost copy OF te
church at Seville lt is large building, ana were ls
ornamentation in good taste would have good
deal OF merit but the ornamentaton wears, TO my un-
educated and puritanc eye, an AR OF bafDarlc spe
dor quite disaGreeable, although not 80 g0rge0usly
tawdry as some other Of the e7 churches OF
LIMA. The cathedral boasts piece OF the
true cross, an image of the Virgin famous for mir
acles, and many other images and paintings among
which is 81. Veronica an original OF MurillO Coming
OF the cathedral the plaza we saw great crowd
attending the monthly drawing of lottery and on thc
dead walls in all directions we saw the announcement OF
O grand bull fight in which IL bulls were to he sacrificed
on Sunday next 80 far from considering these Two ~
stuOns any disgrace the Limanlans prlde lheselNes
on having the first circus for bullhghts IN the NOfd
LIMA AND IFS PEOPLE.
feel that from few days visit II Is impossioe 10
form any real opinion OF country all We can DO l. 10
get first impression. To form an opinion one womd
require many months of study, aided by thorough
knowledge Of the language. My first impressions OF
Lima are so much more agreeable than those which [
felt on seeing Callao that 1t pleasant Gisappoint-
ment to me. There are evidently men OF very nne
quality there; the whole city makes an impression
almost pleasant that Of Santiago and there even
more life and activity at the Peruvian than at the
Chian capital. With the stimulus of the present Efforts
nations, cannot but believe that Peru is emerging from
darkness; But the great prepondeTance OF the IN in
cess, like that OF the genuine reconstruction OF our
Southern States, slow and panfuli the more SO
are apparently held here as truth Repeated efforts to
Ttestablish manufactures here have failed from the
false institutions OF the Old World being thus allowed
perpetuate the evils arising from former colonial de-
and Interested In the objects of Agasszs voyage any
American coull be, and on Friday aud saturday morn
large collection of Peruvian skulls, and antique manu-
factures, which he had been kind enough TO make.
Many Of these skulls were gathered at AucOn, new
bathing place. Is miles from CaaO, which has grown up
within two years since the opening oil railroad north
On Saturday June l. the Hassler being ready to sail
the members OF the scientific party were called on board
the water I'm the bay is frequently very sulphurous
twice the white paint of the Hassler was turned brown
10y the eXhaatiOns giving men hard days work To
clean it. We passed the Pescador Isles, OH AncOn,
about dark. Tie day before had noticed the multitude
OF seals and eaOns them on one spot OF about haf
an acre the seals thick as literally To cover the
ground. L could not with the glass see any rock or
ground between them, closely were they hudded To-
eether. We reached Payta on Tuesday, June 4,
dropping anchor just before sundown, and enjoynga
We found here the Il. H. steamship Ossipee and also
steamer just from Panama with later news from the
cnnat Convention to tile editorial staff of The TRIBUNE
We remained at Payta 4s hours, making in that time
a very large and very valuable collection OF animals ana
OF seaweods including female porpoise and newborn
cub ana two ne specimens OF that genus OF sharks ce
TRACTION, remarkable for its antique character ana
other novelties and raritles winch VIII nOI pretend 10
PAYTA AND IT'S EsvIRoYs
Payta is very poorOOking place. built OF Guayaqul
bamboos plastered with mud, and the houses heavily
thatcLed because of nfrequent showers The streets
are very narrow, unpaved and dirty The inhabitants
are first OF all, dogs innunerable then Indians and
mixed breeds, hneIOokng for their class, far supe
ror to those had before but dirty and lazy, con-
tent il they can get dry sh and plantan during the
week and plenty of chca-a sort of pOp-beer-On sun
day. There are very few white men in the place, and
they find 1t difficult live comfortably, the cost Of
fresh water and good food is very high The town lives
by its trade with the interior Of the country
and with the sea. To facilitate this, rail
road is now building running running t, to ~, mining t,I,s
is finished PGyta will increase in importance as the
roadstcad Is the best upon this coast. The village IS
hudded in at the foot OF steep slay cliffs On climbing
To the top of these cliffs you ind vast plain stretching
eastward far tre eye can reac, whue noflh ana
south view is bounded by distant nils After ram
this paInpa green after several years droutn It
hecomes desert. No rain has now talle understand
Tor nearly TWO years. ana accordnsy there are NSiy
few plants living but the plain is ticAy scattered wtn
TUFTS of dead and other dcad ana bleaccd pants
THIS grass was all ylng WIN us TOPS 'OWaIu le uol 80
exactly that 1t would nc easy to steer by 1t on cloudy
night and feel sure OF not being alr point out ndeed
would trust to II more closely Ihs SHOWS lhit, on
the peninsula forming the harDor, the onY
wind OF any strength Is hon the sSutn GAaety;
The rigte-nrd which We saw az l0 was mere also ana
some large buZZards with bright red heads were very
familiar, coming Iearlesly near H hshermeh 70 ear te
oiia Of the FISH. As returned rom NY rauDIe over tIe
IONS OF lie ellis by the sea-shOrc udng the sea mucn
richer in vegetation than ne landl siW hunood Oh
Indian men and women splitting sharks ana spreading
them out dry the species oelng ABOUT inc Sic OF
cod. saw them also driving other hsh Dut on that M
morning certainly there were ten sharks spread out 10
one oi any other fish.
A VOYAGE TO TIE GALAPAGOS.
About sundown on Thursday, June G. we bade goOd-by
10 the Ossipee and TO Payta, and with fair wind and
smooth sea- started for the Galapagos DaTwins ac-
count Of this archipelago had excited our curiosity and
interest 10 the ghest degree OF course our visit was
all too short to settle the many interesting questions
which his narrative suggests. We landed on Charles
carly Monday afternoon June TO- and lett early Wednes
dav morning. We landed at Tagus Cove. on AI0e-
marie. Thursday morning, and remained until Friday
afternoon On Saturday at noon we anchored of James
Island and remained until Sunday at 10 oGloeA when
we visited Jeryis Island. and remained until sunrise on
Monday We anchored at lndefatlgaOle lsdhd on Nlou
day by o'clock ~, and were detained lepaIihs our
engine until Wednesday afternoon, June ~ Wheh we
started for Panama. In brief visit 10 so remark
able au archipelago, no conclusions can properly
he drawn from what we dld not see, ana yet
one of the most interesting points OF inquiry was pre-
csely one that bc definitely settled Dy nesaNe es
timony only-thc Inquiry whether plants ana animals
fonnd ON one island wanting on the other ISLANDS III
the group That this should be the case IL NOT lHcre
ill.,. oven Oh the continent sometimes ma plants ana
animals confined TO very narrow iOc3Ics' anu az, az
though mad very limited opporiuh 10 eAaiino
s far as they co. tend TO confirm inc statements hereto
fore made that the Galapagos nave laura az Siu q ilH
decidedly of an American type yet decldsdIy peculiar
To themselves, aud that even eaGh ls4auu iO ,io
other islands; nay that this dlierenee eSItus N sole
degree 10 the fishes in the bays around thelr shores
SIGNS OF RECENT FORMATION.
The islands are 10 my eye much more recent IN theii
formation than Juan Fernando Indeed, Narborougn
and Albemare have fresh look that you could easily
belieye that there had been extensive erupons there
within the present century. Immense domes, 1900 u
5000 feet high stand upon very fiat truncated cones
twelve or fifteen miles in diameter over the whole sur
face Of such mountains are scattered craers chmneys
rd small truucaed cones From many OF these craters
streams of lava have flowed toward the sea, some O
,ber spreading out to miles in breadth and miles IL
Ienpth; and this is fresh and black that as you
Ill over IN Won scarce fad lichen adhering To ~
IL il a rough field hard black slags or cnkerS TINS
crust OF cooled lava cracked into rude hexaSonal Dock
~ fuahpA
tween the blocks YOU may find cracks so hne that tht
rain will scarcely penetrate them, or you may nno
ahasms a ward in width and many ieet IN deptb. Jhe
ticness of this crust also greatly varies Here may dc
swelling IN the ground, little mllock bursting at tnS
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