. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . o through the streets, crying: / Eh jfuteclpela, canasta tamalito do iiva\ melocotonel etc.(Heres the fruitman! pears! baskets full! parcels of grapes! andpeaches!) The canasta llena and tamalito de uva made the children quite^^lld. The former were small baskets full of ripe apples and pears,and Avere sold for a half or quarter real; the latter consisted of agood quantity of grapes detached from the stalk and wrapped inplantain leaves. Neither of these articles had a
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . o through the streets, crying: / Eh jfuteclpela, canasta tamalito do iiva\ melocotonel etc.(Heres the fruitman! pears! baskets full! parcels of grapes! andpeaches!) The canasta llena and tamalito de uva made the children quite^^lld. The former were small baskets full of ripe apples and pears,and Avere sold for a half or quarter real; the latter consisted of agood quantity of grapes detached from the stalk and wrapped inplantain leaves. Neither of these articles had a very attractiveappearance; but for the mms, it was a moment of supreme de-light when the casero (fruitman) handed them the object of theirdesires. MANTEQUEllO (LAHDMAxN). The mantecjuero does not lia\vk his goods, but carries them to re-tail-shops and markets. Manteca is hogs lard, which, by certainmanipulations, has lost its original taste and smell. At Lima, cooksdo not use oil, or butter, or beef fat, but hogs lard, which is cer-tainly superior to the best fat obtained from the ox in Chili. 204 Negro mantequero. PAST AND PRESENT CELEBRITIES. Lima lias been considered bv manv persons as Ibe cradle of those^^llom the Gospel calls y^r>r)r in spirit, and this opinion has so farprevailed that the ^vord Limeno (Limanian) has come to be used inSpanish as synonymous ^vith tonfo and mcntecato {silly and fooUsli). There \vas some reason for this opinion, for the education whichthe nobility gave to their senoritos ^vas better calculated to makethem idiots or simpletons than men fit to live in this ^vorld, whereartlessness and innocence are too often the objects of mockery andderision. It is worthy of remark that, since the extinction of//o/^/Z/Vy andthespread of education, what was called candidez (silly simplicity^ hasceased to exist in Lima. We feel bound to observe, howevei. thatin speaking as we have done above, we have no inlenlion to dispa-rage or offend persons of nobl
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