. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . View from the Arrahal de San Lazoro. upper, and the lower; the latter was formerly called the Arnibal(suburb) dc Sim View ul , lakeii hnin iho Arco del Puenle. LIMA. 3 The whole city is hvo-thirds of a league in length, and its greatestwidth two-fifths of a league. The original extent of Lima was twenty-two ciiadras (1) fromeast to west, fourteen from north to south. Its present area isd 3,343,680 square Castilian varas, of which 2,438,000 are occupiedby gardens and ?)i
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . View from the Arrahal de San Lazoro. upper, and the lower; the latter was formerly called the Arnibal(suburb) dc Sim View ul , lakeii hnin iho Arco del Puenle. LIMA. 3 The whole city is hvo-thirds of a league in length, and its greatestwidth two-fifths of a league. The original extent of Lima was twenty-two ciiadras (1) fromeast to west, fourteen from north to south. Its present area isd 3,343,680 square Castilian varas, of which 2,438,000 are occupiedby gardens and ?)ii//adare,s (rubbish-shoots) in the upper part;and 2,412,320 by gardens, in the lower part; 120,150 by squares;674,552 by churches and convents; leaving 7,692,658 for dwel-lings. The whole of the lower part is surrounded by strong wallsbuilt in 1683, during the viceroyalty of the Duke of La Palata. Geographical and Topographical Position. —The city is situatedin 12° 2 34 south latitude, and in 70° 55 20 west longitude fromthe meridian of Cadiz; 77 7 36 from Greenwich, and 79 27 45from Paris. Lima is exposed to winds from the south and west, but shelteredby the mountains on the north and easl. These mountains are spurs of the
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