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seeds. Without much outraging the propriety generally ob- 

 served in naming things from resemblance, I have thought 

 that it might be called the egg fruit. The pulp has a pleasant, 

 sub-acid taste, and is esteemed wholesome. , 



In other particulars, what has been observed of the Callao 

 market is applicable to this. 



It is not unusual to see hung up on the shambles parts of a 

 chicken or turkey, as legs, wings, necks, &c., so as to accom- 

 modate those who are desirous of eating poultry, but who 

 cannot well afford to pay for an entire fowl. 



The first cafe opened in Lima was in 1771. It is remark- 

 able that in Lima there is not a single hotel kept by a native 

 for the accommodation of strangers. When they come to the 

 metropolis from any part of the country, they either lodge 

 with their friends if they have any, or hire furnished rooms 

 and eat at some of the cafes, or purchase their meals in the 

 streets after the manner of many private families. Except at 

 the French and English hotels, there is no such thing as an 

 ordinary or table d'hote in Lima; at the caf6s, two of which 

 are very extensive, a bill of fare is kept, and whatever the 

 visiter calls for is served on small marble tables. In fact, the 

 cafes in Lima are under similar management to those in the 

 great cities in Spain ; a regulation issued there at one period, 

 is much called for in this city. An order, put forth at Madrid 

 for the better government of the caf6s, directed that the 

 apartments should be kept clean; that every person should be 

 served on a clean plate, because by the spilling of coffee and 

 other drinks on the clothes they were spoiled; and that the 

 servants should appear clean, and without hat or cap, and if 

 possible with their heads combed. The enforcing of the lat- 

 ter clause, I fear would be attended with difiiculty, at least 

 with the class of persons referred to, for many men of respect- 

 able standing in life are singularly neglectful of that part of 

 the person both internally and externally.* 



* Mercuric Peruano, vol. i. p. 111. 



