Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes, and of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824A. Constable and Company, Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1825 - 374 páginas |
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afternoon afterwards Alverado animals appearance Arequipa arrived attack Bella Vista body Bolivar Buenos Ayres bull Callao called Canterac Captain Prescott carried Casma cavalry Chancay chicha Chili Chorillos chupe church coast Colombian colours command congress considerable consisting Cordillera covered Cusco deserted distance dollars dressed enemy English entered expedition feet females foot force friends governor ground Guarmay hills horses Huacho Huaras immediately Indians inhabitants Intermedios journey leagues Lima marched Mendoza ment mile Miller Montoneros morning mountains mules natives night o'clock obliged officer party Pasco passed Pativilca patriots Peru Peruvian plain plaza president reached retreat Riva Aguero river road Rodil Rolet royalists saddle San Martin sand Santa Cruz sent side situation soldiers soon Soulanges Spaniards Spanish army streets Sucre tion Torre Tagle town travelled troops Truxillo Valdez valley Valparaiso walls whole Xauja yards
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Página 22 - Oíd, mortales, el grito sagrado: ¡Libertad! ¡Libertad! ¡Libertad! Oíd el ruido de rotas cadenas, ved en trono a la noble igualdad.
Página 19 - ... their holes, and making a noise very similar to the grunting of pigs. Their flesh is much liked by the people, and they are remarkably fat, and on that account, when caught at any distance from their holes, are easily run down ; they will however defend themselves from a dog a considerable time.
Página 91 - Ciudadanos, el amor sagrado de la patria os convoca a la lid: Libertad es el eco de alarma; la divisa: ¡TRIUNFAR o MORIR! El cadalso o la antigua cadena os presenta el soberbio español. Arrancad el puñal al tirano; quebrantad ese cuello feroz.
Página 327 - Esta es más sabrosa que el vino y la cidra que nos trajo la hidra para envenenar. Es muy espumosa y yo la prefiero a cuanto el Ibero pudo codiciar. El Inca la usaba en su regia mesa; . ahora no empieza, que es inmemorial. Bien puede el que acaba pedir se renueve, el poto en que bebe o el gran caporal.
Página 18 - Punta, is morw or 1 •.•«.» burrowed by an animal between a rabbit and a badger, called the bitcacho, which renders travelling dangerous, particularly by night, their holes being so large and deep, that a horse is almost sure to fall if he steps into one of' them. The biscacho never ventures far from its retreat, and is seldom seen till the evening, when it comes out to feed, and hundreds may be observed sporting round their holes, and making a noise very similar to the grunting of pigs. Their...
Página 327 - Oh licor precioso, tú licor peruano licor sobrehumano mitiga mi sed. Oh néctar sabroso de color del oro del indio tesoro patriotas bebed.
Página 65 - ... distance, while the huge mountains, which here approached very close to each other, lifted their sublime heads into the skies. The silent moon, meanwhile, shed its clear and humble lustre over the deep glen in which we were enclosed, and spread enormous masses of light and shade over the fantastic rocks. We took up our position on one side of a large square red fragment, one of the numberless masses which had fallen from above : placing the beds with their heads against the rock, we formed a...
Página 48 - The approach to this city [Mendoza] is very beautiful : in the foreground were the green fields of lucern and clover, mixed with the vineyards bending under their purple burden, and watered by innumerable streams in all directions from the mountains : further on over this rich country was seen the city of Mendoza, whose towers and minarets rose above the bright green of the surrounding poplars. These again were finely contrasted with the majestic Cordillera ascending proudly in the background in...
Página 234 - It is not wonderful that .the inhabitants of Lima • should be superstitious and bigoted to the last degree. They, are entirely ruled by their priests, most of whom are men of very depraved manners.
Página 63 - ... composed of loose stones, so that the footing was much less secure. The side of the mountain above was of the same dangerous materials. The situation of the traveller in this pass, if not dangerous, is certainly extremely awful : below is a lofty precipice shelving down to the torrent, and above is the mountain, in many places overhanging and consisting of such loose substances, that the traveller naturally fixes his eye on them, fearful every moment lest they should give way and overwhelm him....