. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . e bulls. The persons who did not choose to enter the circus usuallypassed the afternoon in the Alameda. Nothing could well be morediverting than the aspect of this promenade animated by the pre-sence of hundreds of tapadas (1), lavishing their graceful wit in theshrewd repartees for which the Limanian ladies are so by the veil, which effectually conceals them from all re-cognition, they gave free scope to their talent and genius, and manya dandy with great pretensions t
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . e bulls. The persons who did not choose to enter the circus usuallypassed the afternoon in the Alameda. Nothing could well be morediverting than the aspect of this promenade animated by the pre-sence of hundreds of tapadas (1), lavishing their graceful wit in theshrewd repartees for which the Limanian ladies are so by the veil, which effectually conceals them from all re-cognition, they gave free scope to their talent and genius, and manya dandy with great pretensions to Avit has been obliged to abandonthe field ashamed at the failure of his batteries. Nevertheless, withall this liberty of language, the tapada never forgot the good-breeding and dignity of her class : woe to the unfortunate orblundering wight who attempted to carry matters beyond the limittraced by the laws of polite usage! The promenade on the Alameda del Acho has not the same attrac-tions now as it had ten or twelve years ago. (1) Ladies veiled with the manto. See engravings, pages 105, 106, and uU- Tnip _(rrnp!-cipi- 81 C^r,de Seme o/Tans > ) > > 5 » J, J >» > J > > J, 1J ) LIMA. 145 The passion for attending buU-flghts was Ibrmerly so overpoweringin the inhabitants of Lima, that people thought themselves mostunhappy if they could not procure, even at a great sacrifice, thepleasure of seeing a bull die by the hand of a man or a man by thehorns of a bull. To attain this end, many a working man with a large family, ifhe wished to preserve peace in his household, had to make all sortsof sacrifices in order to procure for his better half the sight of thiscruel amusement. Gay women would pawn a jewel or a garment,and, what is scarcely credible, not a few of this class would evenpledge their bed to raise money to attend a bull-fight. The rabble,quite as eager fur the amusement, and less scrupulous, would pro-cure the necessary means by thef
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