. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . thewailing of the new-born child. He next imitated the explosion ofrockets, then the music and chanting of vespers. There was a contemporai-y of Don Bernardito, but long his sur-vivor, named Basilio Yegiias, whose only talent consisted in talkingnothing but bad Latin. Basilio passed his da\s and evenings at the Cufe de Bodegones,in the street of the same name, where he picked up ends of cigars,as well as the bits of bread and sugar left by the customers of thatestablishment. The pockets
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . thewailing of the new-born child. He next imitated the explosion ofrockets, then the music and chanting of vespers. There was a contemporai-y of Don Bernardito, but long his sur-vivor, named Basilio Yegiias, whose only talent consisted in talkingnothing but bad Latin. Basilio passed his da\s and evenings at the Cufe de Bodegones,in the street of the same name, where he picked up ends of cigars,as well as the bits of bread and sugar left by the customers of thatestablishment. The pockets of his trowsers and waistcoat, in addi-tion to his hat, were literally crammed with cigar-ends, bread, andsugar. He used to walk round all the tables, to drink whatever col-fee, tea, or chocolate was left in the cups. The street boys, who, in every city of the woild, run after eccen-tric characters, as if to aggravate their folly, would often hold withBasilio a dialogue something like the following : How are you, Basilio? Bonorum, hombre (man), bonorwn. Whence come you? Be Bodegonorumy J. •20:. Basilio Teguas.
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