Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

CHAPTER XVI.

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The Port of Callao.--A Submerged City.--Peruvian Exports.--A Dirty and Unwholesome Town.--Cinchona Bark.--The Andes.--The Llama.--A National Dance.--City of Lima.--An Old and Interesting Capital.--Want of Rain.--Pizarro and His Crimes.--A Grand Cathedral.--Chilian Soldiers.--Costly Churches of Peru.--Roman Catholic Influence.--Desecration of the Sabbath 334