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THREE YEARS IN THE PACIFIC. 



Orders of Nuns. 



Houses. 



Number* 



Brought forward, 



7 



1080 



Augustinas, 



2 



268 



Carmelitas Descalzas, 



2 



88 



Do. Nazarinas Descalzas, 1 



47 



Trinitdrias, 



1 



53 



Merceddrias, 



1 



49 





14 



1 OOsJ 



Orders of Nuns. 



Houses. 



Number. 



Beatarias. * 







Dominicas, 



1 



53 



Franciscas, 



1 



63 



Do. Indias, 



1 



47 



Amparadas y Recogidas, 



1 



147 





4 



310 









The above numbers include novices, nuns, servants, and 

 slaves. 



Since this enumeration was made (1791), perhaps the num- 

 ber of nuns and friars has decreased one-fifth, t 



CHAPTER V. 



Plaza — Portdles — Palace~Cathedral — Archbishop's palace — Fountains — The 

 Plaza by day, and by night— Segarreros — Picdntes — Barquillos — Ice. 



The great square of Lima, in ancient times the Plaza Real, 

 now Plaza de la Independencia, suggests a thousand associa- 

 tions. Here Pizarro drew the plan of this Metropolis ; here he 

 laid the corner stone of the Cathedral, the first building in the 



* Those females who devote their Uves to religion and charity, but without 

 feiading themselves to seclusion, are termed Beatas. 

 t Vide, Mercurio Peruano, Vol. I. 



