, 1874-07-15
PERU.
Midwintor at Lima---Tho Orange
and Ounce Season.
NatlTo Fisllermon---Sca- bathing at
ClWistmaS-Tlmc.

NatlTo Fisllermon-.-Sca- bathing al
Christmas Time.
Financial Observation-Disclosures
Sympt0nls---Street-Lifc.
Special covrespondenc. er Tie chfauao Tribune.
L,siA, Pcrn, July 1, 1s74
While you, In tho United Btatos, arc probably
enduring some extremely hot summor-woasher,
Out horo III Poru NO are just ontorIng OH
our aiDwINrER,
and, aa a natural consequence, aro experiencing
Boino OF orr moht dfeagrooablo weather. We do
no! Aave rain or anow hero, but We wcnr our
lloavIost clothing, aud at twilight we fool heavy
dnw that penctratos lilo chill through a1l our
clothing, mud yet, strange to say, It
is. 80 thoroughly imbuod with salt
water that ono mover takea cold from It,
ovon whom. lying out all night hts garments
may become eoalstng wet with It. This Ia tho
tne OF tho yoar when tho nntive-born Peruvian
wenra his heavy poncho, mado OF tho finest llama
or wound wool. woven in bright stripes Of gayost
colors folded in perfect aquaro, and slit out
through tho middle OF tho square, through
which ho thrusta his head and neck, allowing
tho four corners to drop around him, in
graceful, loose folds. Then, mounted on
his tloot-footed stood, with bis wIdo
Panama aombroro and poucho on, ho
bids dofianco to tho koou penetrating, dump
S'ntor-wina, that, at this aeason Of the year,
sweeps down from the mountains, and iB born
among tho storn1-olouls aud Bnow-poaks Of tile
fat-stresching Cordilloras.
But If wo havo winter hero, We have our g1o-
rious winsor-fruit,
THE ORANGE,
which, In tho month Of July, attAlna its greatest
perfection. Wander up to tho early market.
and SEQ the loads upon loatla Of theHo golden,
delicious fruit lying pilod up on tho pavement,
and sold BY tho hundred fora moro nothing. Riio
out to tho orango-plantations, where there are
busy days, and witnoss the Coolies picking
gathering, and pacling into wagons and
baskets, exnctlY al our Jersey peaoh-men do in
the busy peaoh-soason. But while, in Jcrsoy
or in Dola"are. thcro is industry and thrift COM
bined with systematic energy. here thero is only
Incidence. and lazy good-nnturcd "ApurtB" Of
work. Moro oranges go rolling away down tho
narrow, swift-running streams Of water cut In
doep trenchos. md used for the purposes Of irri-
CATION, thAn arc gathered moro nro loft to 70
to wnsto lying on the ground in oil their golden,
PUPPY swoctncss and no tree Is picked clean
st'cks the tree is feoby shalten, and by far tho
boBt aud largest part of the yield OF eaol tree ia
left to decay and full by itself into tho stream,
below. II Nature had not been go bountifr III
and profuao IN her yield of oranges, there would
not DO q half-crop gathered; for they aro 80
cheap and plenty Ill their Aoason that tho China-
men 10 not tako any trouble to gather tholn.
TIE qutNcE-TREEs
aro IN full boarlng also, and Quiuces aro drug
ln tue fruit-markot. And such quinces, -lnrcor
n0nnH. H.hn Nfnr ~. vo11
coat: not fuzzy mud ynar9od, Oh arc cur best
specimens and 30 pHlatAbo that we eau eat them
IN ol1r hand with the same relish as Nc would
eat an apple In fact. they tako the place Of tho
ln thia. our wintor season, there oomos kind
Of slow bilious foyer. not dangerous, but do
bihtatlng and exhaustive. Tho native doctors
gtve you no medicines, beyond simple foot-batha
Of not water but they boil green ounces IN
water, strain off tie liquor and give It to you in
huge glasscs, cold aud nusweetoned, every hour.
iou must cat plenty Of oranges also, several
dozen day; aud. after the threo days run Of
fever, Which generally rngon very strongly, you
wake up to find yourself i'll profuse perspira-
tion, and you are pronounced cured. Thore
nro other diAenscA-the debility from yellow
foyer, for inHt'nce, IN which this unripe~quinca
water IL admit. erred in i1nnonee quantities. and
your recovery IL rapid. There is somothlng so
cooling and appetizing to a fover-racked pofson |
III the ralatablo drink OF quince-water, q tritlo
sour. aud peculiar in taste; aud it would be vol
4 all tue medicine prescribed BY doctors WAS
not only W st1lplc. but as elicacions. ! dare |
3ay eome onterprlHng Yankee In the States, |
should ho chanco to rcRd this, will get up solno
lnlnca-extractasa NJ wonderful pabacea for tie cure
ot levers; but eau assure linn that 1t will not |
10 s'iecoss unless 10 Inns tho workable ounce
tsclf from Fotu. and not tho hard, tough little |
nongrel we designate by that tito.
How cold and su'on the sea lookB this mintor-
soathor With its dun-colored, low-lying clouds,
nd lts intonsoly blue oxpnnso. Tl1o liitlo boats
the verlost dug .outs, aud 10 small Al To seem
'oritabse toys) Ut
TIE NATIVE .Flsu.nMEu
'ro " al cut to-day, lying of tho Point" tho one
all tightly roefed.- fishing for oorbinan. These
re t native winter FISH, and most delicious oat-
ms' about tue III sl1o and look Of our fresh cod,
nondB, arc theHo Hsherlnon md their tiuy
riding on the crost Of
II angry breaker TINT throutcns to engulr them,
lnsil we hold our broath aud think, Surely his
il,lo, they nre gone from sight forever. Tho
IBhermen Of this country, after anxloua days aud
'iEhts of toll aud dangcr, when bo does get into
" school Of corbinns, aud securoB u boat-load
2 a few hours speedily comes to tho hsh-mart,
lisfpoHos Of lis load, aud with tho proceeds
sinks cheap Z" otaechie," and dances numerous
audangob, until hls monoy is all spent; when,
lis bpree ovor for the ti'ne he binds up lia
$500 |
Cry few of these mon ever meet with accident
+ dle by drowning. Born almost In the sea,
hey call swim and dive, buffet aud float, as M
oncorlcd Ms tho soa-wced that drftH beside
oln md severe indeed must be tho storm On
his Pacific coast that aoes not permit OF their
lakiny q safe lauding III some way by
out or by swimming.
Tho lovely hotolH at tho "Point," at this
oason Of tho year, nre I'LL closed, and tho baths
oncrtod. The water iB too cold, aud tho surf
20 heavy, as il breaks In frettcd thunder
q the hugo bonldors OF tho beach. Shnrks MO
'sportipg themselves, too, In playful antics,
round tho former bathing. stations, andsscaIy
corplona stick out slsndor tails ut you az they
u, under Tho stones at your approach. About
= LATE SUMMER HEnE,-
10 bathing-aeasun will be ut its height, md tho
ogeetcd roseB, lilies, and nlagnolias Of tho
onrl-ynrd will be blooming to some purpose,
nd tue heavy closed shutters Of the hotels viii
Q thrown wlde Omen. Then dari-eyel aonoritas
III poop through the yine-ulal latticoa md
ttle II onplts, in the form Of naked Peruvian
a6Ioa, from mouths to 4 years old, vii! roll,
nd tumble. and sport, with thair native nursos. {
! tho hreakors, VI II Iorn to tho luxury Of soa-