. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . o took him one day to Callao, put him into a boatand carried him on board a steamer by which the Spaniard wasgoing back to Spain. Our hero had never before been on boardship, and yet the excursion seemed anything but disagreeable tohim; but as soon as the vessel began to move, he perceived how hehad been tricked. Without the least hesitation, he jumped over-board and swam to the pier, where he was received by some mari-ners who had kno^^n him at the Callao circus. From that time forthhe
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . o took him one day to Callao, put him into a boatand carried him on board a steamer by which the Spaniard wasgoing back to Spain. Our hero had never before been on boardship, and yet the excursion seemed anything but disagreeable tohim; but as soon as the vessel began to move, he perceived how hehad been tricked. Without the least hesitation, he jumped over-board and swam to the pier, where he was received by some mari-ners who had kno^^n him at the Callao circus. From that time forthhe would never go on board any vessel. An Englishman havingattempted to kidnap him, he fell into a passion for the first time inhis life, and, to recover his threatened liberty, gave his abductor asevere bite in the arm. This lucky mortal, who happily passed a life exempt from allcare, paid the debt of nature two years since (in 1864). He died,but his memory will long survive; Lima, or at least the presentgeneration, will not forget the perrito negro del Acho (the little blackdog of the Acho). c 144 Bull dragged off with the carretillu. When the hull-fights used to take place on Mondays, the prome-nade of the Acho was c^o^vdedon the previous evening; the Alamedaswarmed with people going to see the circus watered, an operationperformed by negroes with watering-pots. The next morning, greatnumbers also assembled to witness the arrival of the 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
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