Gh. IV. SOUTH AMERICA. 4f 



through the city to Callao, about two leagues and a 

 half diftant. In this place he is received and ac- 

 knowledged by one of the ordinary alcaldes of Lima, 

 appointed for that purpofe, and alfo by the military 

 officers. He is lodged in the vice-roy's palace, which^ 

 on this occafion, is adorned with altonifliing magnifi- 

 cence. The next day, all the courts, fecular and 

 ecclefiafl-ical, wait on him from Lima, and he receives 

 them under a canopy in the following order. The 

 audiencia, the chamber of accounts, the cathedral 

 chapter, the magiftracy, the confulado, the inquifi- 

 tion, the tribunal de Cruzada, the fuperiors of the re- 

 ligious orders, the coldeges, and other perfons of emi- 

 nence. On this day the judges attend the vice-roy to 

 an entertainment given by the Alcalde ; and all per- 

 fons of note take a pride in doing the like to his 

 attendants. At night there is a play, to which the 

 ladies are admitted veiled, and in their ufual drefs, to 

 lee the new vice-roy. 



The fecond day after his arrival at Callao, ht 

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

 chapel de la Legua, fo called from its being about 

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

 by the late vice-roy, and both alighting from their 

 coaches, the latter delivers to him a truncheon as the 

 enfign of the government of the kingdom. After this, 

 and the ufual compliments, they feparate. 



If the new vice-roy intends to make his public 

 €ntry into Lima, in a few days he returns to Callao, 

 where he ftays till the day appointed ; but as a longer 

 fpace is generally allowed for the many preparatives 

 neceflary to fuch a cerem.ony, he continues his journey 

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

 the fitting up of which on this occafion, is committed 

 to the junior auditor, and the ordinary alcalde. 



On the day of public entry, the ftreets are cleaned* 

 and hung with tapeftry, and magnificent triumphal 

 arches ereded at proper diftances. At two in the 



afternoon 



