. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . Laureano in the fields. harmony, and vigour of the creations of Rossini or Mozart; quiteabsorbed in his recollections, and borne down by the weight ofoverwhelming homesickness, he refused all food and passed hislime in listless apathy. One day the master ordered Laureano to be sent to carry somefruit to the market; a pair of panniers filled Avith apples and pearswere slung across his back, after which he was placed under thedirecti(»n of an (tld negress. Laureano could not support such
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . Laureano in the fields. harmony, and vigour of the creations of Rossini or Mozart; quiteabsorbed in his recollections, and borne down by the weight ofoverwhelming homesickness, he refused all food and passed hislime in listless apathy. One day the master ordered Laureano to be sent to carry somefruit to the market; a pair of panniers filled Avith apples and pearswere slung across his back, after which he was placed under thedirecti(»n of an (tld negress. Laureano could not support such a hu- LIMA. 18o miliation; roaring with vexation and rage, he upset the woman andbaskets on the ground, scattering the fruit around him. For sixmonths it was impossible to obtain from Laureano the sliglitest ser-vice for his master. At length one day he was taken to Lima, forsome reason or other. He entered the court-yard of the house, butimmediately after, without asking permission of any one, he ran offto the Plaza Mayor. At the sight of the fountain near which he. Laureano at tho fountain. had passed so many happy hours, he commenced braying, but thistime with joy and gladness. He drew near to his former companionsand saluted them cordially with friendly bites on the neck; and ifthe kicks and antics of a donkey could be called dancing, Lau-reano might be said to have danced with delight. After havinggiven way to numerous demonsti-ations of pleasure with other don-keys of his age, he returned home again. Laureano was again takento the fields, but this time he lost patience and went so far as to 18C LIMA. commit a crime. The animal which had formerly given such proofsof obedience became a truant. Baffling the vigilance of his keepers,he stole away, and went at full gallop to the fountain in the squareat Lima. It would have been as easy to stay the thunderbolt in itsdescent, as Laureano in his mad career. On arriving at the fountainhe indulged for an hour or two in his joyful
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