. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . China-Chola. the negro, the chino-prieto; from this and the white, the cJtino-claro; from the white and the negro, the zanibo; from this and thewhite, the mulatto; whose union with the white produces the cuar-teron; from this last and the white, comes the (juinteron, whose off-spring when married to a white person, is white. The population of Lima therefore presents, in its component 78 LIMA. parts, a regular gradation of lints from the deepest and glossiestblack to the purest white, an
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . China-Chola. the negro, the chino-prieto; from this and the white, the cJtino-claro; from the white and the negro, the zanibo; from this and thewhite, the mulatto; whose union with the white produces the cuar-teron; from this last and the white, comes the (juinteron, whose off-spring when married to a white person, is white. The population of Lima therefore presents, in its component 78 LIMA. parts, a regular gradation of lints from the deepest and glossiestblack to the purest white, and from this last to yellow, so that therecan scarcely be any thing like monotony. Since the importation ofAfrican negroes ceased, that is, since 1703, the number of pure. Ncgru m1 Ihe jiure sluL-k. blacks has greatly fallen oif, and (lie African race has become soscarce as to be represented only here and there by some very oldnegro. The negroes at Lima were employed in all kinds of laborious andmenial occupations: they were field-labourers, water-carriers, dri-vers of caksas{]),hi\\\]<ers of fruit, sweetmeats, famales (maize-flourpastry), hnmtas (spiced cakes of inai/c-dour), etc. The African negro^called h()Z(d, on account of his awkwardness, was the most sub-missive, faithful, and hundjie servant that can be imagined ; though (1) Tlic old cuUsa (calasli; nl Lima was vcr^ (lilfcront riuiu the carriai^cs now iiscilthere, being niiich hke an old-lashioned English post-chaise, without a box lor thedriver, as will he seen by the accompanying engraving.
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