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Negroes, their dances described, . . 298 

 — their musical instruments, 2Qg ^ 



• their funerals, ..... . . 300 



Northenflicht, Baron, his arrival in 

 Peru to direct the metallurgic 

 operations, 133 



Nuns, their numbers greatly dimi- 

 nished in Peru, 140 



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Orphans, female, asylum for, in 



Lima, 1^8 



—— — another for male orphans, 182 

 ■ the latter establishment 



destroyed by the great 



earthquake of 1687, 185 

 rebuilt, and again de- 

 stroyed by another earth- 

 quake in 1746, . . . . 186 

 its present flourishing 



state, 187 



the periodical work en- 

 titled the Peruvian Mer- 

 cury, printed in this 

 asylum, Hid. 



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pamacaris, or covering of the In- 

 dian canoes, to guard off insedlis, 421 



Pampa del Sacramento, or Plain of 

 the Sacramentj interesting descrip- 

 tion of, 411 



Pampanilla, or short petticoat, worn 

 by the married females belonging 

 to the tribes of savage Indians, 270 



Paper credit, the value of specie re- 

 duced by, „ . . 114 



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Petit s maitres of Pen*, whimsical de- 



scription of, 242 



Petrification of lones, uncommon 



instances of, 334 



Phenomena of the climate of parti- 

 cular distrids of Peru, questions 

 on this curious subjefl proposed 



and answered, 38 



Phenomenon, beautiful, seen at sun- 

 rise on the summit of the Cordil- 

 lera of Peru, by the French Aca- 

 demicians, 33 



PiedraLisa, an agreeable promenade 



at Lima, 217 



Pinelo, Don Antonio, an indefati- 

 gable Peruvian writer, biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 381 



Piripiri, or Indian charms, . . . . 275 

 Plague of devouring inseSis, similar 

 to that which afflicted Egypt, in 

 the city of Pilaya, 317 



Plans, demonstrative, of the popula- 

 tion of the city of Lima, 145, et seq. 



Policy by which the Peruvian writers 

 were formerly led to over- 

 rate the population of 

 Lima, 140 (note) 



i — mild, latterly pursviedj, t^t 



wards the Indians, . . . ' 

 Polygamy held in abhorrence by the 



savage tribes, 272 



Pongos, or straits, described, as they 



occur in the navigation of the ri- 



vers of the interior of Peru, .. 465 

 Poor, general hospital for the, a re- 

 cent establishment .ip Lipia, 192 

 its efeft in reducing the iiun;j- 



ber of mendicants, ■ ., . . .. 103 



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