. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . curity to all kinds of shipping. It is true that the landing-quay for 5 (i(i LIMA. inerchaiidise is uot so convenient as might be wislied, but Nve learnlliat llicGovcinment has lately signed a contract for making a newone uhich will be accessible for ships of the largest size. The building now used as a customhouse at Callao is the oldcastle of (he Independence, which has been almost entirely dis-mantled and has undergone many other changes to adapt it for thepresent purpose. As the pro
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . curity to all kinds of shipping. It is true that the landing-quay for 5 (i(i LIMA. inerchaiidise is uot so convenient as might be wislied, but Nve learnlliat llicGovcinment has lately signed a contract for making a newone uhich will be accessible for ships of the largest size. The building now used as a customhouse at Callao is the oldcastle of (he Independence, which has been almost entirely dis-mantled and has undergone many other changes to adapt it for thepresent purpose. As the products of Peru, Avhich were formerly bars of silver, inaddition to large quantifies of hides, wool, saltpetre, cinchona, andminerals, no longer suffice to balance her imports, the greater partof the return cargoes consist of guano, of which there are immensedeposits all along the coast of Peru and especially on the ChinchaIslands, The enormous sums which these islands, the only partshitherto worked, have produced since 1844, constitute nearly thewhole reveime on which Peru relies to meet her View of the Chincha Islands. The high price of labour at Lima has prevented that capital frommaking any progress in manufactures. Several attempts made byadventurous speculators have proved, by their unfortunate results,that it is impossible for goods manufactured in the country to bearcompetition with those of the same kind imported from glass-house and two manufactories for silk and linen tissueswere started and kept at work long enough to piove that they could 5 LIMA. 07 not possibly yield a profit. Providence has, nevertheless, endowedthe Peruvians with considerable artistic talents, a tact demonstratedby the sculptures, paintings, and tissues executed even in the moun-tain districts, where genius is often discovered in spite of the wantof scholastic or other instruction. The tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, and other artisans of Limawork with as much skill and ta
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