LIMA. 



Ill 



in remaining here any longer^ in the present 

 disastrous state of affairs. Communication 

 between the country and the town is quite cut 

 off by the brigands ; and the alarm and anxiety 

 felt by all classes at Lima^ makes a residence here^ 

 to a traveller^ disagreeable and unsatisfactory. 

 There is no society^ no diversion of any kind^ 

 and half the shops are shut up from fear of 

 being plundered. Nothing can equal the con- 

 fusion and alarm which prevails. Sometimes 

 the report is circulated that the brigands have 

 entered the suburbs^ and a general movement 

 takes place among the town^s people; the 

 booths are taken down^ goods removed^ and 

 doors closed. Presently half a dozen Indian 

 and mulatto lancers^ in dirty white ponchos^ 

 gallop about the streets^ being especially careful 

 not to go where they may meet with the enemy. 

 The coach has been robbed several times be- 



