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lliroua'li tlic city to Callao, al)out two leaG;nes and a 

 lialF distant. In this place he is received and ac- 

 knowledired bv one of the ordinary alcaldes of Lima, 

 appointed for that purpose, and also by the military 

 officers. He is lodged in the viceroy's palace, which 

 on this occasion is adorned with astonishing inag;nili- 

 cence. The next day, all the courts, secular ai]d 

 ecclesiastical, wait on hini from Lima, and he receives 

 them ur.der a canopy in the following- order. The 

 audiencia, the chamber of accounts, the cathedral 

 chapter, the magistracy, the consulado, the inquisi- 

 tion, the tribunal de Cruzada, the superiors of the re-^ 

 ligious orders, the colleges, and other persons oí" emi- 

 nence. On this day the judges attend the viceroy to 

 an entertainment given by the alcalde; and all persons 

 of note" take a pride in doing the like to his attendants. 

 At night there is a play, to which the ladies are ad- 

 mitted veiled, and in their usual dress, to see the new 

 viceroy. 



The second day after his arrival at Callao, he 

 goes in a coach provided for him by the city, to the 

 chapel de la Legua, so called from its being about 

 half-way between Callao and Lima, where lie is met 

 by the late viceroy, and both alighting from their 

 coaches, the latter delivers to him a truncheon as the 

 ensign oí' the government c fihe kingdom . After this, 

 and the usual compliments, they separate. 



If the new viceroy intends to make his public 

 entry into Lima in a few"xlays, he returns to Callao, 

 where he stays lili the day appointed ; but as a longer 

 space is generally allovr'cd for tlie many preparatives 

 necessary to such a ceremony, he coni inues his journey 

 to Lima, and takes up his residence in his palace, 

 the ntiing up of which on this occasion is committed 

 to the junior auditor, and the oidinary alcalde. 

 " On the day of public entry, the streets are cleaned, 

 and hung with tape:itry,. and magnificent triumphal 

 arches erected at proper distances. At two in the 

 1 afternouu 



