, 1873-05-25
Fife i'm the Capital OF PERU!
4 Morning-View from the Hill
g.. of Cerro Azul. =,
@Liqhts in the Market-square--.Spiced
Drinks.--Chinese Cooks-.~Gam-
bling Tables. .
Cruelty to Animals--~F1overs,
- Fruits, Birds, and Monkeys. !
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A Street Panorama---Beggars, Dogs, and
Turkey -Buzzards--- --Water-Jars, Eon-.
-. j.. keys, and Lottery Men.

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Turkey -Buzzards- Water Jars, Eon-.
j., keys, and Lottery Men.
*s Special Correspondence Of Tie Chicago Tribune.
LIMA, Peru, s. 4. May, 1873.
This is the last of onr fall months, the LIST OF
June being the beginning Of OUT winter. 1t
ecens strange to live. in . country where me
summer and winter are reversed, and where
Christmas-day comes in the
VERY HOTTEST OF THE sUsn1rn
Christmas never seems like Christmas here, and
one wants with his roast turkey tue accompany,
ing evergreen bougha. the cold snow-stor7n ana
tho b}az;np fire.. to make it seem suitable. .Whcn
von ait down to four Christmas dinner, with
1ad;aa ,ttired in white muRlin and using fans,
and with flowers in bloom all about you, and
Yourself in white linen coat and pantaloons. you
do not relish the plum-pudding and brandy
sauce, and your turkey seems altogether ont OF
character with tho surroundings 4 Christmas
dinner in Perm ought to consist OF ices, fruits,
and cooling viands-
Coming, this morning, from my early walk to
the Market-Square, which, in its Oriental
). straneeuess forms so attractive > picture to 9
foreigner,-I ascendod to the summit OF the hill
OF Ce1ro Azul, which orer1ooks the entire City
of Limn and far out Beaward, as fur as Cal2o.
Like the shifting scenes in panoran1, - :
$. WHAT A GLORIOUS VIEW
law spread out before me In the distance, the
emarald sea, with the beautiful harf,or at Cal]ao
covered with ships OF al nntions clustering on
the shore, native huts, Of bamboo, and cane and
adobe, surrounded with the tall palm, and Cocoa
nut trees then, Callao, with its mnarets and
towers Of Moorish architecture cleaning IN tbs
first rays OF the morning sun then, fields
nfter fields, surrounded With thick adobe
walls, and growing olives. bananas, oranges,
figs, and other tropical fruits, in the
greatest abundance then, waving fields Of corn
and other grain, and the River Rinac winding
like silver thread among the groves; and,
finally, the eye rests upon tho solid walls that
encompass tho City Of Lina,-this !" old City OF
the Kings" as it ia called and, at the very foot
of the hill, you look down upon the Market
Square, now thronged. with early buyers
= What strange sounds, and sights, and smells,
come up from below us as We look down upon
this foreign scene! Booths and bazars, OF
striped canvas with the sides open, surround tue
:market-building. Native women, with strapeo
bsndana turbans, tied in the most striking
knots, arc bearing great trays OF the
'-" sP1cED NATIVE DR1vEs
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s:ancing them very adroitly upon their VOL
sjheads: and are busy supplying the customers,
WHOSE first errand, each morning, before en-
ssaying in marketing, ia to buy 6oao Of these
drinks. The most palatable OF these Is called
t.<faseo."-a drink nade Of pineapple distilled,
=,a- which ieaves very pleasant, cooling doTor
=. -1outh. There is also fsrmented dr1nk,
-.1,aa :. = Ichn,' - which is made from peanuts,
80 -, -, era, from maize, ansroring somo"
what to our ale. These last will intos'cato.
ao,toa ,rndo. =, Seao awnings OF CANVAS, are.
~'o IN, ><A,rAS cooKs, :,
in white paper caps, *'o 1S;t, na1n-oi1 md
long, braided pig-tails IN rninteiirihle spanish
thsr sra " xoi;es ICES FL a3ns e.. - sit. These ohina
men are the cooks Of near Hea'5 uu and M fhase
rant and private family in eo ,t,,t ~ - bn1;ra
cooks do not only the cook ii w worth III Wills te
and marketing it Tould =. be. y, xius they make,
the chaffering they have over ever ,x3ement nnd
they purchase, and the excellent Eats yere.
economy with which they select l. ,xhs faTni-
tables, fruits, fresh rolls, etc. etc. fol oct that
lies they represent. It is q known. ~, and
these Chinese cooks can buy better MI Tst:I1
OF greater variety, for less money (ant ~, 80
manage to keep backa few. pennies tor th> -
selves, which porquisite is always allowed then .
than auy other class Of persons in the world. ::
The question is often asked me- if thoy are neat:
They are the most tidy and neat Of any class OF
cooks, il you get q neat ono; but if your choice
falls upon sovenly one, he will prove the most
dirty Of his species.
!; Let ns enter one of these boothe, and, seating
ourselves under the striped canvas-awnings,
r. CALI. ALOUD FOR s'AQUADENTE
"a native liquor). How quickly tho native Wom-
and glasses in their. hands, swarm around you
Wouen hare of head Of ar7ns, Of neck, and of
foot, swarthy and black, with countless beads,
charms, and amnlets dangling from their necka
@ urre their drinks upon you'll What queer little
ted-brick jars they pour them from. rattling
With bits Of ice and the r1nd OF q lemon.
Let us stroll around the outer sides OF the
market and see the little tables under the
arches. where i'll the native cu1iositles arc Tor
SALE Natire 1aces, corals, fancy silver orna-
ments; ali have their tables and their purchasers
Here are the -, - -,
: GAMBLING TABLES.
sept By Chinamen (who are the grastcst gam
ble1a in the world) and around whose roulette
attractions are lettering and lingering crowds OF
white-capped cooks, whose native instincts urga
them to invest one more media eents2, even
Now tho 6 o'clock ball poals from the old
church near BY, for morning prayers, and, IN
front Of the huge wfito wooden cross which
stands At tho very entrance to the square, the
people all :kneel for moment, ;7hile those IN
The different stalls cross themselves and NUT
ter pster-nostar-
Nov the market becomes thronged with buyers,
Ind the native Indian men and women, 7rcm the
mountains, begin to COMO in on horseback, with
fresh eggs, vegetables, milk, butter, cheese, and
fowls. The Indian women
y ALL RIDE AsTRIpE, ..->
With the very smallest Of feet, and no stockings,
but the feet thrust into tiny embroidered slip
pers, and the hands covered with diamond ringss
1sften On every dnger), set in sohd
slyer1 Down their backs swing the
long, glossy braids of their straight
hlack hair, and man's Panama hat sets 10" cq On
sheir, ioreheads. See the poor fowls. tied WITH
their feet together, and their heads banging
down as they dangle from the horn OF the saa-
de, after their rides of often twenty mles from
n more ducls, geese, chickens, and turkeys tied
5y their feet in one bunch, and swung head
downward from tho saddle, while the woman
Narriad n1 iIn1nsnsa iar Of fresh h11ftRr fDut up