. Pacific shores from Panama . e green, and pearly grey, but mostof all azul—those blues that shade from faint, coolwhite to the deep tones of the azure sky. In the opencourt-yards oleanders bloomed and the tessellatedtufa pavements were shaded by fig, orange, and lemon trees. I should call Arequipa the Silent City. No cartsrattle on its thoroughfares, its donkeys feet are un-shod, and even its httle tram-cars fail to drown themurmur of the rushing rivulets that course down itsopen gutters. It is the second city in size in Peru, and its founder,Garcia Manuel de Carvajal, called it La Villa Her
. Pacific shores from Panama . e green, and pearly grey, but mostof all azul—those blues that shade from faint, coolwhite to the deep tones of the azure sky. In the opencourt-yards oleanders bloomed and the tessellatedtufa pavements were shaded by fig, orange, and lemon trees. I should call Arequipa the Silent City. No cartsrattle on its thoroughfares, its donkeys feet are un-shod, and even its httle tram-cars fail to drown themurmur of the rushing rivulets that course down itsopen gutters. It is the second city in size in Peru, and its founder,Garcia Manuel de Carvajal, called it La Villa Her-mosa—the Beautiful City—and it well deserved itsname. Its present appellation is Quichua in origin,and is said to have originated from the fact that aparty of Inca soldiers once came upon this lovelyvalley of the Chili, hidden in the dreary Andean soli-tudes, and asked their commander to allow them toremain. His reply was, Ari, quepai; that inQuichua means Yes, remain. Its elevation, some seventy-five hundred feet [130]. The Cathedral and Chachani LA VILLA HERMOSA above the sea, gives it a delightful climate, quitespring-like in character, and of its forty thousand in-habitants a large proportion are gente decente, for ithas long been recognised as a centre of culture andthe residence of men of distinction. The courtesy of the Arequipenians is beyond ques-tion. Each time you stop to look into a court-yardsome one has a pretty way of asking you to come inand take a seat. Then you are presented withflowers and apologies are made that the season is lateand flowers not what they were a month or two what pretty, dark-eyed young women in lacymantillas you meet coming home from church onSunday morning! Let me tell you of an Arequipeilian Sunday, tocomplete the picture, for Arequipa is essentially areligious town and lives its full life on Sunday. You are waked in the morning by the bells of theCompania, big and small, pealing forth in carillons;then, when their vibrant
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