406 The Andes and the Amazons. 



have been named in Lima. Of these, the Zambos, half 

 negro, half Indian, are the lowest, furnishing four fifths of 

 the convicts. The Chinos, half Indian, half negro, are a 

 trifle better, bearing the same relation to the Zambos that 

 the mule holds to the hinny. The Coolies are still further 

 complicating the matter, giving a resultant not very flat- 

 tering to either hemisphere. A few of the Celestials are 

 amassing considerable wealth, chiefly as tea -traders and 



A Lima Lady. (Fiom a Photograph.) 



medicine -men. Limenians of the upper class are edu- 

 cated, refined, courteous, with but little trace of Castilian 

 hauteur. The ladies, no longer shrouded, now promenade 

 with open faces; the Tnanto, or veil, is worn simply as a 

 head-dress. 



The Grand Plaza, the heart of every Spanish town, and 

 in Lima the place for gossip, mutual admiration, and revo- 

 lutions, is truly beautiful. It is 500 feet square, and 490 



