. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . e on his shoulders; silkgloves with the ends of the thumb and fore-finijer cut off for con-venience in taking his pinch of snuff; on the index finger, overthe glove, the traditional ring of the fhicos (that of Doctor Romanwas of brass w ith a big topaz of the same category as the sapphirein his cravat), and lastly, a short piece of whalebone for a cane, andan idea may be formed, although incomplete, of the type, uniquein its kind, of the Doctor de las Negritas. The appearance of the doc
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . e on his shoulders; silkgloves with the ends of the thumb and fore-finijer cut off for con-venience in taking his pinch of snuff; on the index finger, overthe glove, the traditional ring of the fhicos (that of Doctor Romanwas of brass w ith a big topaz of the same category as the sapphirein his cravat), and lastly, a short piece of whalebone for a cane, andan idea may be formed, although incomplete, of the type, uniquein its kind, of the Doctor de las Negritas. The appearance of the doctor on horseback was not less singular;he always had horses so lean that the poor beasts seemed as hollowas violins. One day he thought he had discovered the secret of fat-tening his favourite animal by giving it gelatine. He administeredthat luxury mingled with corn and bran, the whole steeped in wa-ter, but the corn and bran were added in such small quantitiesthat the ungrateful Rossinante preferi-ed to die rather than get doctor of former davs was easilv to be distinguished; a man I (iC The doctor of the olden times. I i mounted on a mule or a raw-boned horse; in winter, wrapped inhis mantle, and in summer, screened from the sun under an im-
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