Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities . San Ignacio was established by theJesuits in 1700. To go to lea by the railway, we must, however,return to the port. I had the pleasure of beingaccompanied in my trip on this line by Mr. Grundy,one of the engineers, who superintended the track-laying. It is forty-eight miles from Pisco to lea. This word is spelt by Senor Don E. Lan-ahure y Unanue,an eminent litterateur of Lima, as Eeca. ^Ir. Unanue is afrequent and graceful contributor to that excellent periodical,*E1 Correo del Peru. CHAP. VII.] I!II{YIN(J-M0UN1)S. il:j WluMi l
Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities . San Ignacio was established by theJesuits in 1700. To go to lea by the railway, we must, however,return to the port. I had the pleasure of beingaccompanied in my trip on this line by Mr. Grundy,one of the engineers, who superintended the track-laying. It is forty-eight miles from Pisco to lea. This word is spelt by Senor Don E. Lan-ahure y Unanue,an eminent litterateur of Lima, as Eeca. ^Ir. Unanue is afrequent and graceful contributor to that excellent periodical,*E1 Correo del Peru. CHAP. VII.] I!II{YIN(J-M0UN1)S. il:j WluMi liist, |)r()jV(,l,((l, hopes W(Uo cnlcilMincd tluitil would be proloiiLfcd to flic iiifcrioi districtH of11 \\lic;i, :in(l Ayjutiiclio -tlu^ last-namedbring ci^lcbi-atcd as llic localo wh(»ro was fouglit,on tlio Dtli of December, 1(S21, one of tlic montfamous battles of I lie indejxMidenco period. Before startintj^ from Pisco,^ J may observe thatthere are several very hirge burying-mounds, orhuacas, not far distant from tliis town. Others are. MUMMY FROM A HLACA AT PISCO. likewise to be seen ranging along the coast np byTambo de Mora to the Canete Valley. But no dif-ference exists in what T have observed of the mum- Coal has been discovered this year at Paracas, about eightmiles to the south of Pisco. VOL. I. I 114 TWO YEAES IN PERU. [CHAP. VII. mies taken out here, or of the accompaniments inthe graves, from those observed in other places. The road from Pisco to lea is one of the mostdreary and uninteresting that can be and sand are everywhere. There is scarcely anything worth calling astation along the road—our first stopping-placebeing at Joanquil, about 15J miles from there is a cutting through gypsum, and abouthalf a dozen date-trees away to the right, makinga most miserable failure to appear as an oasis inthe desert. While the train stops I had the firstacquaintance of that most unappetizing condiment,the Peruvian sandwich,^ sold by t
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