. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . ir hot blood was the first care of the old generation;when we say old, we do not go so far back as the days of our grand-fathers, because the Limanian appears to have become less heatedonly about twenty years since, when the class of persons who madea trade of carrying round refreshing beverages to private housestotally disappeared. There were many soits of refreshments patronized by the ladiesof Lima, for we must observe that the setloras seemed to be moreaddicted to the use of morning
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . ir hot blood was the first care of the old generation;when we say old, we do not go so far back as the days of our grand-fathers, because the Limanian appears to have become less heatedonly about twenty years since, when the class of persons who madea trade of carrying round refreshing beverages to private housestotally disappeared. There were many soits of refreshments patronized by the ladiesof Lima, for we must observe that the setloras seemed to be moreaddicted to the use of morning refreshments than the caballeros. LIMA. 197 Then, as now, the heladores (ice-mon), who are mostly Indiansfrom the other side of the Cordilleras, passed alon,ir the streets cry-ing : \Eh riqui jjinil (rich pine-apple ices!) // (k kit! (and ice-creams!) The richness of the ices, if they are pine-apple, consistsin containing as little as possible of that fruit; if they are cream,in having merely a dash of milk just to give them a colour. Thecleanliness of the iceman is well matched with the quality of his. Indian heladero (ice-man). merchandize; for as soon as his ice-pail is emptied, he washes itvery carefully in the street flutter, which receiyes all sorts of tilthfrom the houses. The heladero only sells to the poorer classes, thewealthier hayinc recourse to well-manaaed establishments whichsupply ices af excellent quality. The thanera and the cJiichera held the second rank among deal-ers in refreshments. The tisanera was nearly always a stout oldnegress, who carried on her head a large basket containing a mim- 498 LIMA.
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