. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. ted injunctionsfrom the natives not to miss Lima—a standing wonder inthis part of the world. I confess that it eclipsed my ex-pectations, and justified the sobriquet of Little is highly favored in its position—a green spot-on anarid coast; and in its approach from the clear, placid Pa-cific, contrasting with the misty and stormy coasts of theAtlantic. Then, too, the traveler from the mountains, whohas been feeding on chujpe and chicka, and balancing hisworn body on a reckless mule, or a horse that has nearlyrevert
. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. ted injunctionsfrom the natives not to miss Lima—a standing wonder inthis part of the world. I confess that it eclipsed my ex-pectations, and justified the sobriquet of Little is highly favored in its position—a green spot-on anarid coast; and in its approach from the clear, placid Pa-cific, contrasting with the misty and stormy coasts of theAtlantic. Then, too, the traveler from the mountains, whohas been feeding on chujpe and chicka, and balancing hisworn body on a reckless mule, or a horse that has nearlyreverted to the wild state, transferred to a sumptuous En-glish steamer, is put into the best of humor, and is readyto bow down to almost any sign of civilization. 404 The Andes and the Amazons. Lima is beautiful from the sea: its stately domes andspires rise out of the plain only seven miles from theocean, and just behind the city the glorious Andes ascendabruptly to the sky, while in the foreground are busy Cal-lao and gay Chorillos, Callao is the great port of Plan of Callao and Lima. Five miles in front of it, breaking the swell of the Pacific,stands the little rocky island of San Lorenzo, a tliousandfeet high. The steamer anchors amid a forest of shijv The City of the Kings. 405 ping; and forthwith a muhitude of black specks fly overthe surface of the harbor. These are the boats, all ofwhich have come to take you in particular. In lungs andpertinacity, the Callao boatmen are a match for the Mal-tese. You land, to your astonishment, on a splendid con-crete mole of English construction (984 by 820 feet); andnear-by is a floating dock, as good as any in New York,also of Anglo-Saxon creation. You mingle with the bus-tling crowd to find that every other man speaks Englishor French, In fact, Valparaiso and Callao are fast be-coming European. The city numbers about 18,000. En-gland has the preponderance of trade; then the UnitedStates, Peru, France, and Italy. In 1872,149 Br
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