Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Part 8

THE BELLS OF LIMA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Lima is full of churches, and the churches are full of bells; and as they ring and bang away from dewy eve till early morn, their cadences are calculated to disturb somewhat the peaceful slumbers of Our Artist.]

PERUVIAN BARK--IN THE ROUGH.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist is treated to plenty of this quinine (canine) salutation, whenever and wherever he pays a visit in Lima.]

TRANSPORTATION IN PERU.

[Ill.u.s.tration: "This pig went to market," but as he wouldn't go decently, he was tied upon the back of the ever-patient donkey, and so, _nolens volens_, came to Lima, crossing the bridge over the Rimac, where Our Artist sketched him.]

PRIESTS AND FRIARS OF LIMA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A theological discussion of the gravest import takes place between three jolly Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church--a Dominican, a Mercedarian, and a Buena-Muertean.

Scene--The square in front of the church of San Francisco, with its crooked cross.]

ENTOMOLOGY IN SOUTH AMERICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist doesn't want to say anything against the insects of Peru; but the way in which one of his hands swelled up, after a bite from some unknown varmit in the night, was, to say the least, alarming.]

LOTTERIES IN PERU.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Having invested in the semi-monthly Lima lottery, Our Artist feels so confident of drawing the $4,000 prize, that he gets extravagant, wears his good clothes, and smokes one-dollar cigars; but a revulsion of feeling takes place after the drawing produces nothing for him but blanks.]

CURIOSITIES OF PERU.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Having been informed by a musty old sepulchral monk that the remains of Pizarro might be seen behind this grating, Our Artist tremblingly gazes therein--but as it is pitch dark, he doesn't recognize Pizarro.]

A COUP D'OEIL IN LIMA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A picturesque view of the great stone bridge over the rapid river Rimac, showing the towers of the church Desamparados, the Arch with illuminated clock, and the spire of Santo Domingo.--Sketched with about ninety-seven Peruvian beggars looking over Our Artist's shoulder.]

LAST DAY AT LIMA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A visit to the Museum--which contains a not very remarkable collection of Peruvian antiquities--and where Our Artist sees all that remains of the once magnificent Atahualpa, last king of the Incas.

Alas, poor Yorick! To this complexion must we come at last.--Fit sketch wherewith to end this strange, eventful history of "Our Artist in Peru."]

PART III.

SPAIN.

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A SPANISH OVERCOAT.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Our Artist, upon his arrival in "Sunny Spain," is overtaken in the Pyrenees, on the French Frontier, by a terrific snow-storm, and is compelled to provide himself, at BAYONNE, with an Overcoat of the Country.]

HACKMEN IN SPAIN.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Portraits of the three Hackmen, who (upon our arrival at the City of BURGOS, in the dead of night,) meet us at the Rail Road station, and propose accompanying us to our Hotel.]

A CITIZEN OF VALLADOLID.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Here is a faithful portrait of the Old Party who entered the cars at VALLADOLID; carrying with him a few travelling conveniences.]

A MADRID HAT.

[Ill.u.s.tration: This is a Spanish Dandy at the Grand Opera House in MADRID:--first, with his cigarette and new Hat of the period; second, after his Hat had been sat upon by a fat old Senora, during the third act of Lucia di Lammermoor.]