Under the Southern cross in South America . **v- f*« ..ZS/ki:,- llAMBdO HOIISKS AXI) SAXD STRKET, PAYTA. K-r- A STREET SCENE, PAYTA ALONG THE WESTERN COAST 89 phis, whose people were skilled artisans one thousand years beforethe Pharaohs cut their hieroglyphics on the obelisks of Egypt, whosebronzed and bearded bards sang of love and fame, two thousandyears before Homer lisped his numbers in the myrtle groves ofGreece, and whose sons and daughters had set up the throne of En-lightenment in the Temple of Knowledge three thousand years beforeEurope had emerged from the darkness of ignorance. Per
Under the Southern cross in South America . **v- f*« ..ZS/ki:,- llAMBdO HOIISKS AXI) SAXD STRKET, PAYTA. K-r- A STREET SCENE, PAYTA ALONG THE WESTERN COAST 89 phis, whose people were skilled artisans one thousand years beforethe Pharaohs cut their hieroglyphics on the obelisks of Egypt, whosebronzed and bearded bards sang of love and fame, two thousandyears before Homer lisped his numbers in the myrtle groves ofGreece, and whose sons and daughters had set up the throne of En-lightenment in the Temple of Knowledge three thousand years beforeEurope had emerged from the darkness of ignorance. Peru ! whosegrandeur, magnificence and riches eclipsed the regal glory of theCourt of Solomon, and whose treasures would have made thevaunted wealth of Imperii^. Rome pale into almost insignificanceby contrast. Peru! whose temples, palaces and towers flashed theirgold-incrusted roofs and bejeweled walls in the sunlight, defyingall succeeding time to duplicate their splendors. The wealth of the Incas, in the light of modern conception, reallyappears fabulous. Gold was everywhere. The yield of Ophir and
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