. Around and about South America. orty miles, and is shut in from the rest of the world, as itwere, by the giant ranges of the Cordillera, one of which Ihad crossed in my journey from Guayaquil. Entering uponthe plateau, I found a right royal road, lined with giganticsentinels of rock and ice and snow, many of them the lofti-est and most famous peaks in the world. From one of theneighboring hills I obtained a good general view of the city,which slopes gradually toward the east and extends over thespurs of several hills that cause very abrupt irregularities ofsurface. It is laid out nearly at r
. Around and about South America. orty miles, and is shut in from the rest of the world, as itwere, by the giant ranges of the Cordillera, one of which Ihad crossed in my journey from Guayaquil. Entering uponthe plateau, I found a right royal road, lined with giganticsentinels of rock and ice and snow, many of them the lofti-est and most famous peaks in the world. From one of theneighboring hills I obtained a good general view of the city,which slopes gradually toward the east and extends over thespurs of several hills that cause very abrupt irregularities ofsurface. It is laid out nearly at right angles, with neatlypaved streets but very narrow sidewalks. Each landholderis obliged every day to brush that part of the public thor-oughfare before his property. He is also compelled at nightto display a candle, and with these alone is the city lighted,save in the great square, where kerosene-lamps are substi-tuted. A fine of forty cents for each offense is imposedupon those who neglect to sweep or illuminate their portion. Professional Mourners. QUITO—PARADISE OF PRIESTS. 29 of the public streets. Quito has a decidedly monotonous ap-pearance as viewed from an eminence. There are only threeor four church edifices and towers to vary the dull uniform-ity of the houses \ and the streets themselves, rarely morethan twenty feet in width, make but slight marks of divis-ion. The roofs of most of the houses project over the nar-row sidewalks, thus affording some shelter to pedestrians inthe rainy season. The streets seem always filled with people,both on foot and on horseback, and the many-colored^><mcA<9sworn produce a gay effect. Several of the more wealthyresidents possess carriages. I saw the President and his fam-ily taking the air in an elegant barouche, and the Yice-Presi-dent walking in the conventional funeral black which seemsso incongruous in such a latitude, with such primitive sur-roundings. The climate of Quito, which lies nearly underthe equator, is del
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