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black cloth poncho reaching almost to the feet. 

 The children all go naked. I saw a negro 

 child and her mother^ who would be shown in 

 London as curiosities. The child has a jet 

 black skin^ and very light blue eyes. The 

 mother has one black and one blue eye. 



All sorts of tropical fruits are sold here^ and 

 the cherimoya in perfection^ which resembles 

 a composition of nectarines, strawberries, and 

 cream. 



Independently of its tropical climate, which 

 gives to Peru almost all the vegetable produc- 

 tions of the East and West Indies, the height 

 of the mountains causes fruit and plants of all 

 other latitudes to flourish within the limits of 

 this state. Add to this its mineral wealth, and 

 there does not exist a coimtry more favoured by 

 nature than that of Peru. Whilst Mexico is still 

 obliged to send to Europe for mercury, Peru 



