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CHAPTER VII. 



Description of Valparaiso — Effects of the Earthquake — Leave 

 Valparaiso — Arrive at Callao — Entrance to Lima — Lima 

 Ladies — Robbers — Robberies and Murders — Description of 

 a Temblor, or Shock of an Earthquake — Dress of the Ladies 

 of Lima — Description of a Religious Procession — Leave 

 Lima — Island of Juan Fernandez. 



The town of Valparaiso consists of one long 

 street^ facing the sea, with the high hills so close 

 behind it, that the houses in many places touch 

 them, except in the Almendral, where it branches 

 off into two streets. Here still remained the ruins 

 of the church that was shook down, during the 

 memorable earthquake of the 19th of November, 

 1822, at half-past ten at night. Many of the in- 

 habitants sought refuge in it, and were buried in 

 its ruins. The castle, also, which is situated at 

 the other extreme end of the town, (called the 



