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Title: The Andes and the Amazon :;bor across the continent of South America
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Orton, James
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Publisher: New York: Harper
Contributing Library: Natural History Museum Library, London
Digitizing Sponsor: Natural History Museum Library, London

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mac is not knee-deep. The entrance tothe bridge is under an imposing arch, bearing the mottoDios y la Patria. The majority of the dwelling-houses are of adobe, withflat roofs and partition walls of plastered cane; but stoneand iron are superseding mud. One of the best examjjlesis the residence of Henry Meiggs—a remodeled palace ofthe viceroys. All the public structures are relics of vice-regal times, save the Exhibition Palace, which, however,was the work of an Italian. In fact, take out what for-eigners have done for Lima, and nothing would be left—not even the Bull-ring, for that was built by a viceroy;nor the railway-station, for that was a suppressed convent.The old mud wall, which till lately surrounded the city,has been leveled, and the ground purchased by Mr. Meiggs,who contemplates a circular boulevard. * Outside of Lima the favorite places of resort are the baths of Chorillosand Ancdn, on the coast. The Oroya Raih-oad has opened several attrac-tions, as Chosica and Tarma.
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Bridge over the Rimac, Lima. Climate of Lima. 411 The climate of Lima is uniform and delightful, the tem-perature ranging between 70° and 87°. Heavy rains,scorching suns, and sudden changes are unknown. Thepeople can not say, Fickle as the weather, but Steadyas the weather. The city is in its best estate betweenNovember and March; the other half of the year it iscomparatively damp and unhealth3\* The houses arewithout chimneys ; the sun is the fire-place of Peru. Yetthe number of deaths exceeds that of the births. The in-fant mortality of Lima is about three times that of Lon-don. Not more than two destructive earthquakes occurin a century. The last was in 1806, so that another isnow due. Beggary is forbidden, except on certain days;then the diseased and poverty-stricken scum rises to thesurface. * The seasons of the coast and the sierras are reversed ; for while it is therainy season on the mountains (our winter), there is a cloudless sky over thecoast; while, in the dry season, a

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