. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . The old balayiciti. journeys to Callao and Chorrillos. They were invariably drawn byhorses as lean as hurdles; so that it became proverbial to say of aman or an animal : es tan flaco como nil cahallu balancinero (as leanus a balancin horse). The balincinero (driver of a balancin) requiredto be a merry fellow and to know a good number of songs. In facthe never urged on his horses with the vulgar oaths familiar to thedrivers of Spanish stages, but only with lively songs. The seiloras and
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . The old balayiciti. journeys to Callao and Chorrillos. They were invariably drawn byhorses as lean as hurdles; so that it became proverbial to say of aman or an animal : es tan flaco como nil cahallu balancinero (as leanus a balancin horse). The balincinero (driver of a balancin) requiredto be a merry fellow and to know a good number of songs. In facthe never urged on his horses with the vulgar oaths familiar to thedrivers of Spanish stages, but only with lively songs. The seiloras and caballeros of good society ride on horseback inthe European style; but the women of the lower orders sit astridelike men, in spite of their gowns and petticoats. When a family I,IMA. IRI. Zamba going to Amancaes. has only one horse at command, the husband mounts behind andgallops with his wife. The exclusive dance at Amancaes is, as already stated, the zama-
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