endless variety of costume, some on foot, and others on 
every kind of animal, from the noblest of horses to the 
sorriest jackass, were scattered in thousands around. 
“« It was not long before the fashionables began to move 
on a return, and the mob slowly to follow ; many of those 
on foot dancing as they went, to the rude tunes of the 
Negroes, still heard ata distance. I observed one Peruvian 
female advance in this manner at least a quarter of a mile, 
turning, as in a waltz, the whole time, in the midst of car- 
riages and gay horsemen, apparently in danger every mo- 
ment of being run over. 
“In coming from the city, I had noticed at the termina- 
tion of the road where we entered the Amancaise, a kind of 
tent, in crimson hangings, at which there was dancing and 
music, with a crowd around. The throng pressing forward 
was, however, so great, that I merely observed a man and 
woman, running to the carriages and horsemen passing, 
with plates extended, for money., On our way back, we 
stopped here for a moment, the musicians were still playing ; 
the instruments, a violin, flute, and rude harp ; the air, a 
monotonous repetition of a few wild notes... But what most 
astonished and affected me, and what is perfectly character- 
istic of the religious views and state of the people, was to 
behold a table, in front of which the dancers were, spread 
with the flowers of the Amancaise, at which was seated a 
full length waxen figure. of the Saviour of men, crowned 
with thorns, and streaming with blood !—representing him 
who was emphatically, ‘a. man.of sorrows and acquainted 
with grief,’ thus presiding over a scene of mirth and folly. 
This sight induced a sadness, which all the gaiety of the 
thousands we met and passed on our way to the city could 
not dissipate ; and it was only with the deep tones of the 
be a bell, falling upon us from the towers of the cathe- 
dral, as we entered the royal square, invoking from all a 
moment, at least, for solemnity and prayer, that a change 
of thought and feeling came over me.” Stewart’s Visit to 
the South Seas. 
Fig. 1. Flower, with the Limb of the Perianth removed; nat. size. 
If 
