. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . no fresquerias in the Plaza Mayor; the per-sons who follow that trade have retired to hide its decline in holesand corners. Public opinion attributed a thousand salutary qualities to thesedifferent beverages, but the chicha terranova stood first of all. Itwas regarded by the populace as a sovereign remedy, comparableto nothing but the elixir of immortality. Nevertheless the chicherashave disappeared : only a single one remains, and unfortunately herfourscore years and odd leave little h
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . no fresquerias in the Plaza Mayor; the per-sons who follow that trade have retired to hide its decline in holesand corners. Public opinion attributed a thousand salutary qualities to thesedifferent beverages, but the chicha terranova stood first of all. Itwas regarded by the populace as a sovereign remedy, comparableto nothing but the elixir of immortality. Nevertheless the chicherashave disappeared : only a single one remains, and unfortunately herfourscore years and odd leave little hope that she will long remainto dispense chicha in this sublunary state of existence. FRUTEROS (FRUITEIIERS). Fruit is sold at Lima in shops, in the markets, and about thestreets. The hawkers announce their wares with different cries ut-tered in a great variety of intonations. The meloricra rides throughilu streets on an ass or mule, crying : \Se va la melonera, la la la ! (Here goes the hawker of melonsand water-melons!) or else she takes her stand at the corner oi. f^fl m -^
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