. Pacific shores from Panama . y to the rooms within, yet screening the housewalls from the direct rays of the sun. The people,especially the women, hve upon them, flitting be-hind their long rows of windows as they pass fromroom to room or leaning over the rail to watch thelife in the streets below. The shops, too, are peculiar,being without fronts—wide open during the daytimeand closed by long series of folding wooden doors at night. Much interest is also imparted to these streets bythe stately palaces, mostly dating from the viceregalperiod, that are encountered in all the principal thor-ou
. Pacific shores from Panama . y to the rooms within, yet screening the housewalls from the direct rays of the sun. The people,especially the women, hve upon them, flitting be-hind their long rows of windows as they pass fromroom to room or leaning over the rail to watch thelife in the streets below. The shops, too, are peculiar,being without fronts—wide open during the daytimeand closed by long series of folding wooden doors at night. Much interest is also imparted to these streets bythe stately palaces, mostly dating from the viceregalperiod, that are encountered in all the principal thor-oughfares. They present a rather forbidding aspect,with their great walls pierced only by a few barredwindows and by their monumental look through one of these vast doorways, and allis gaiety within. In an instant you are transported [60] LIMA, CITY OF THE KINGS to Spain and the sunlit courts of Andalusia. Herethe same patios, washed with pale pastel tones andpaved with tiles or coloured marbles, bask in the. Balcones, Lima V-C,.Tr. sunlight, decked with palms and oleanders screenedbehind iron gratings of intricate and artistic work-manship. Through pavilions at the rear you catchglimpses of other gardens beyond. The whole scheme,cool, airy, framing the peep of blue sky overhead, [61] PACIFIC SHORES FROM PANAMA seems singularly well adapted to this land of soft sun-shine. The Plaza is a handsome square, well paved,neatly kept, and adorned with beautiful tropical gar-dens set with flowers and stately palms, and ornatelamp-posts supporting arches of lights for is surrounded on two sides by portales, or arcades,lined with shops. The third side is occupied by thepalace and the fourth by the cathedral. This last is not as interesting as some of the othergreat Peruvian churches. It was apparently madeover in the last century, when a wave of classic re-vival swept away many of the picturesque plater-esque constructions of the Latin-American church
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