Around and about South America . de the bodyof the good viceroy Mendoza. Pizarros bones are fast crum-bling to dust, and the few remaining pieces of skin which stillcling to them, dry and withered as they are, are rapdily dis-appearing under the inroads of eager relic-hunters. From the summit of one of a range of hills, called Cerrode San Cristobal, a short distance to the north, the best pan-oramic view of the city and its surrounding mountains maybe obtained. It is then seen that Lima lies upon levelground, near a small river, the Rimac, which is quite dryduring most of the year, but so swol
Around and about South America . de the bodyof the good viceroy Mendoza. Pizarros bones are fast crum-bling to dust, and the few remaining pieces of skin which stillcling to them, dry and withered as they are, are rapdily dis-appearing under the inroads of eager relic-hunters. From the summit of one of a range of hills, called Cerrode San Cristobal, a short distance to the north, the best pan-oramic view of the city and its surrounding mountains maybe obtained. It is then seen that Lima lies upon levelground, near a small river, the Rimac, which is quite dryduring most of the year, but so swollen at times, by the melt-ing of the snow in the mountains, that its banks have to bewalled with great stones. It is crossed by three bridges, anda small section of the capital lies to the northeast of is laid out at right angles. The streets are abouttwenty feet in width, and paved with cobble-stones; thesidewalks are rarely more than three feet in width. A curi-ous and awkward custom is that of giving the streets a new. LIMA. 55 name on each block, so that you have to remember the samestreet under a score or so of names. Tram-cars run in the chiefthoroughfares. Native owners introduced them. A ride inthem costs the equivalent of two and a half American are also hackney-coaches like some of those in NewYork; they are remarkably cheap and in universal one passenger, a ride to any part of the city costs but tencents ; or, the coach being hired by the hour, it can be keptall day for fifty cents. The city is lighted by gas suppliedfrom huge brackets attached to the walls of about every fifthhouse. The houses, generally built of mud and bamboo, arebut two stories in height, with balconies which are inclosedby small panes of glass, and which, in the upper stories, pro-ject so regularly over the street as to form for pedestriansan almost continuous protection from sun and rain. Someof the older of these balconies are made of a hard, dark wood,which is i
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