. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . er, or rather for compassion, to seethewhilom sovereign of an African nation sent w^th his subjects tomow-giass at two oclock in the morning, and sometimes receivefrom their hands a number of lashes by order of the manager. Oneof our fiiends, when at the farm of **% a few days since, saw anegro with his head in the cepo (2), and, having asked his name,could not refrain from tears, on hearing the answer: « He is thekiiifj (if the Congos; » for the kingly name, which we have learnedto ven
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . er, or rather for compassion, to seethewhilom sovereign of an African nation sent w^th his subjects tomow-giass at two oclock in the morning, and sometimes receivefrom their hands a number of lashes by order of the manager. Oneof our fiiends, when at the farm of **% a few days since, saw anegro with his head in the cepo (2), and, having asked his name,could not refrain from tears, on hearing the answer: « He is thekiiifj (if the Congos; » for the kingly name, which we have learnedto venerate from our infancy, couimands almost sacred respect andawe, even when api)lied in irony or jest. All the castes above-mentioned defray the expenses of theworship of our Lady of the Rosary by an annual contribution ofhalf a real per head, which is paid on the Sunday after CorpusChristi at a table placed for the purpose in the Plazuela de Santo (1) Twenty-four, ;i uainc given l<i llic hrothion olscmic confraternities. (2) Cepo, a l\ind of stocks for confining either the head or feet of Imp. Lftrnfiroier Ir. G ^cinf. S/ Paris MULATRESS OF LIMA > > , > >J ) J J LIMA. SI Domingo, and there is no tradition of a larger sum having beenever otrered. But of the total receipts, a sufficient portion is takento celebrate the annual festival of the holy image, and the rest isdevoted to the general purposes of the chapel. The expense of funerals is met in the same manner: each fa-mily subscribes six reales, and the sum thus collected pays for themasses and the responses for the dead. The corporal-majors re-ceive the remainder, if there be any, and divide it among thesubaltern corporals and brethren, who are subordinate in all thingsto the decisions of the said majors. Formerlv, the Terranovos and Lacumes devoted themselves tothe image of the Holy Saviour, in the convent of our Lady ofMercy. This devotion is now followed by the Congo negroes, whosebrotherh
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