Travels in Peru and Mexico, Том 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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agreeable ancient animals appeared Araucanians Arequipa arrival baths beasts believe beneath capital cascarilla character chicha chief chiefly Chili Chilian Chunchos church civilisation coca colour commenced companion Cordilleras creatures Creoles cultivated Cuzco descended distance districts early hour edifice empire English entered entertained Europe European feet formed gold ground hacienda heard height hills houses Inca Indians inferior informed inhabitants Islay journey labour lake Titicaca land leagues llama maize manner ment mentioned Mestizos morning mountains mules Nadal night observed obtained occupied ourselves palace pampa party passed Peru Peruvians plain plaza population portion prefect present priests Puno quebrada quipus race religion religious remains remarkable republic residence rude Santiago seemed seen Señor Sequani side sierra snow sometimes soon South America Spain Spaniards Spanish sterile stones stranger stream streets tambo temples town traveller vale valleys Valparaiso vicuña village visited walls whole wild worship worthy
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Стр. 124 - s dragonish, A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants.
Стр. 47 - To produce the sounds the bottles were filled with water and suspended to the bough of a tree, or to a beam, by a string attached to the middle of the curved tube, and then swung backwards and forwards in such a manner as to cause each end to be alternately the highest and lowest, so that the water might pass backwards and forwards from one bottle to the other through the tube between them. By this means soothing sounds were produced which, it is said, were employed to lull to repose the drowsy chiefs...
Стр. 47 - ... and with a small hole on the upper side one third of the length of the tube from one side of the necks. To produce the sounds the bottles were filled with water and suspended to the bough of a tree, or to a beam, by a string attached to the middle of the curved tube, and then swung backwards...
Стр. 24 - ... of South America. It is bounded on the north by Bolivia, and on the south by Patagonia, while the Andes and the Ocean form its eastern and western boundaries.
Стр. 168 - Will play the cook and servant ; 'tis our match :' The sweat of industry would dry, and die, But for the end it works to. Come ; our stomachs Will make what's homely, savoury : Weariness Can snore upon a flint, when restive sloth Finds the down pillow hard.
Стр. 70 - ... was of quite a different character to that of the Polynesian, and had a greater affinity to the African than to the * Similar circumstances seem to have called forth like expedients amongst the uncultivated sections of the human race. Hill in his travels in Peru, states, "that the Peruvian canoes consist of inflated cellular masses formed of seal skins, distended by twigs, two of them are lashed together, and the paddlers sit on a frame between them.
Стр. 182 - Fields brought recently into cultivation,— country houses building or lately erected, — populous, rising and industrious villages, are the objects which meet the eye of the traveller in every direction in which he crosses the country. Another indication of the growing prosperity of New Spain, is the increasing productiveness of the taxes levied on its internal trade and consumption. To this fact, as to the former, Mr Humboldt bears witness in general terms; and we know, from other authority,...
Стр. 194 - Inca himself, who, at a stated time, once a year, with great ceremony, turned up the earth with a golden instrument, thus teaching the people to regard husbandry as a pursuit not unworthy of the greatest among them.
Стр. 263 - The worst that can be said of the coca is, its effects upon the health of such of the Indians as use it in excess. It then affects the breath, pales the lips and gums, and leaves a black mark on either side of the mouth.
Стр. 124 - The precious mineral it appears, here issues everywhere from the ground in small patches, after the falling of the dew in the evening, and is gathered and clarified before it is removed from the place.