iOr> A VOYAGE TO Boor VIL 



The Avincs at I iir.a are of clifTcront sorts, M'liiic^ 

 red, and dark red : and of each sort some are ve>ry 

 generous and deli<'ions. They are inip-^ried froii^ 

 the coasts of Nasca, Pisco, Lucumba, and Chili ; hut 

 the latter produces the 'lest, tmd anmng tiicm some 

 muscadel. The wine of Nasca is ^vhite, and has the 

 least c'emand of any, heinp: inferior to the others both 

 in quality and tasie. That from Pisco has the «Tcatest 

 sale, and from tlie same p lai e come all the brandies 

 dil'er used at Lima or exported; no rum bein<;- either 

 made or used here. 



Most of thft dried fruits^ are hroug-ht from Chili ; 

 and by means of the trade carried on between the 

 two kin^*;doms, Lima is supplied with all sorts of 

 fruits known in Spain, as ahnonds, walnuts, fílberíM, 

 pears, apples, &c. so that their tables cannot in thi*s 

 respect fail of plenty and elegance, having at one 

 time the fruits of the diiferent seas^ons, both of Ame- 

 rica and Europe. Out amidst this ])!entv, eyery 

 thing is very dear, the price being four or five times 

 «IS much as at Quito, bread oiilv excepted. Wine, 

 oil, and dried fruits, are some of the cheapest, ""i'lie 

 poor class, however, as the negroes and other casts, 

 live tolerably well, fish, which is little esteemed bj^ 

 the o])ulen.t, selh'ng at a low price ; the same may Ik; 

 said of mutton aiid beci;, with regard to the inhabit- 

 ants of this country in general ■'. 



Sweetmeats are also here in the same plenty as 

 in the other parts of South America, though seldom 

 eaten, except as desrcrts, and even then ^ery mode- 

 rately Instead of chocolate, mate, or Paraguay t<^a, 

 is generally used, and prepared twice a day. Though 

 thjs has here the defect already observed, it is better 

 prepared than in any other pari. 



* A quarter of their best beef may be bought for eight rials (3s. 

 Jrd. btt'rling) ; the hide of a beast being, conimuiily, ofmorc value thaii 

 tliC carcai^c. A. 



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