The present state of Peru : comprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, &c. &c. (1805)
Skinner, Joseph, Phillips, Richard, 1767-1840 · London : Printed for Richard Phillips ... · leaf 351
ular it is apparent that these wretchedAfricans are barbarians, it is in the adoption of this iniquitousmaxim. Sensible and just men do not think in this manner.Among us, there are those who are persuaded that the long lifeof an antediluvian patriarch would not suffice to deplore theloss of a good… … INHABITANTS OF PERU. 303 they are analogous to our own*. The short sketch we havegiven of their amusements and public occupations, may serveto illustrate the history of man, and extend the informationwe possess relative to the societies of the inhabitants of Peruin general, and of the casts in…
Indians of South America · Costume
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