. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . Ncgru m1 Ihe jiure sluL-k. blacks has greatly fallen oif, and (lie African race has become soscarce as to be represented only here and there by some very oldnegro. The negroes at Lima were employed in all kinds of laborious andmenial occupations: they were field-labourers, water-carriers, dri-vers of caksas{]),hi\\\]<ers of fruit, sweetmeats, famales (maize-flourpastry), hnmtas (spiced cakes of inai/c-dour), etc. The African negro^called h()Z(d, on account of his awkwardness, was the
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . Ncgru m1 Ihe jiure sluL-k. blacks has greatly fallen oif, and (lie African race has become soscarce as to be represented only here and there by some very oldnegro. The negroes at Lima were employed in all kinds of laborious andmenial occupations: they were field-labourers, water-carriers, dri-vers of caksas{]),hi\\\]<ers of fruit, sweetmeats, famales (maize-flourpastry), hnmtas (spiced cakes of inai/c-dour), etc. The African negro^called h()Z(d, on account of his awkwardness, was the most sub-missive, faithful, and hundjie servant that can be imagined ; though (1) Tlic old cuUsa (calasli; nl Lima was vcr^ (lilfcront riuiu the carriai^cs now iiscilthere, being niiich hke an old-lashioned English post-chaise, without a box lor thedriver, as will he seen by the accompanying ZAMBA OF LIMA J 3 3 J > 3 1 1> ■} } 3 ) > J ^, » > J J J ) 1 3 > , J J».5j, J 5 1 3 •) t -i t f
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