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have Turkish jalousies of different colours^ 

 giving the street a lively appearance. The grills 

 of the windows within the courtyards are gene- 

 rally gilt^ in the best houses^ and a garden, or at 

 least a painting to represent one, on the oppo- 

 site side of the house, is seen through the bars. 

 The walls are constructed of adobes/^ and the 

 partitions of cane and plaster. The beams are 

 of Guayaquil timber, which support roofs of 

 cane and mud, flat at the top for walking on, as 

 at Buenos Ayres. The Indians used to say the 

 Spaniards were only digging their graves when 

 they were laying heavy stone foundations for 

 their houses ; which the frequent loss of life from 

 earthquakes proved to be the truth. The In- 

 dians, on the contrary, built houses of very light 

 materials, on the surface only ; and the remains 

 of one of their villages are now to be seen, near 

 Lima, in good preservation, having stood all the 

 * Sunburnt bricks. 



