37^ Vol/ age of the No vara. 



large riches. The Jesuits, however, on this occasion vindi- 

 cated their reputation for subtlety, which has become pro- 

 verbial among mankind. When the inventory was taken, 

 nothing but empty boxes were to be found, and the most 

 strict investigations and inquiries led to no more favourable 

 result. 



Among the hospitals which we visited, that of San Andres 

 deserves foremost notice for its size and comprehensiveness. 

 It has room for 600 patients, who are tended by 50 Soeurs de 

 la CharitSj the majority of whom are French. The yellow 

 fever, which, introduced in 1852 by immigrants, penetrated 

 deep into the interior, though of a milder type, had of late 

 carried oif numerous victims, and indeed had seriously weak- 

 ened the hygienic good name * of Lima ; the small-pox also 

 had annually committed fearful ravages ; for vaccination is not 

 made imperative by law, and inoculation is therefore neg- 

 lected. Besides the hospital of St. Andrew, there are others 

 for female patients, for the military, for incurables and im- 

 beciles, an asylum for orphans, f and one for foundlings. | 



* One of the most distinguished physicians of the capital, Dr. Archibald Smith, 

 has collected some interesting particulars, with the dates, respecting the outbreak 

 of these fearful maladies, which we intend to publish elsewhere. 



t This institution is also in charge of the Sisters of Charity. There were only 

 some ten or twelve children in course of education, who, however, seemed to be in 

 excellent health and well fed. When I expressed to' the lady superintendent my 

 astonishment that the establishment was not more extensively patronized, she re- 

 plied, " Los ninos se crian en la Calle ! " (The children are here brought up in the 

 streets.) 



J There are in Lima 46 private lying-in establishments. The mothers are ex- 

 tremely loth to separate from their children, and if great difficulty be experienced in 



