Deck and port, or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California : with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco (1850)
286 DECK AND PORT. When the flowers with us perish, they are here just opening their bright eyes to the sun. Nature never leaves herself here without a witness, nor society without its signals, as seen in this monk and Peru- vian farmer. … Monk. Peruvian Farmer. I encountered two things in the markets of Lima rather peculiar in their way. The first was a chicken quartered as if it had been a sheep or bullock, and sold in parts to suit purchasers ; each part bringing the price of a whole one with us. The second was a monk carrying a…
Congress (Frigate : 1841-1862) · Voyages to the Pacific coast · Travel
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