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Title: Around and about South America
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Vincent, Frank, 1848- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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granite pedestal. This was set up in 1853, and dedicatedto the memory of Columbus, by the Peruvian nation, and isgreatly superior to the one at Aspinwall. From this pointyou have a superb view of the Andes on the one hand andof the ocean on the other. In the center of this beautifuland interesting garden stands the Exposition Building, whosename indicates its purpose, a large, square, two-story edificeof brick and stucco, but very elaborately and gracefullydecorated. In other parts of the garden, are summer-housesfor the President and the director of the exposition, a band-stand, restaurants, belvederes, etc. The pavilion of the Presi-dent is a pretty little octagonal wood and glass fabric. Theflower-beds are all sunk a foot or so below the interveningpaths, and have tight brick borders, which admit of their be-ing irrigated by a system of canals that permeates the wholegarden. This is very necessary, for the plain is hot and dry,and the soil not very rich. The garden was much injured
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A House Entrance, Lima. GLIMPSES OF THE PERUVIANS. 65 by the Chilian invaders, and the zoological department hadbeen reduced to a few cages of uninteresting animals, theremainder having been removed to Chili. The PeruvianGovernment was slowly endeavoring to repair the damages,and set the place once more in order—a work of considerabledifficulty, judging from the dense growth of weeds, and theneglected appearance of the paths. On Sundays and holi-days the best of Limas citizens congregate here. On theseoccasions the appearance of the people in gala attire, themusic of a fine military band, and the splendid flowers fromevery clime, blend in a sensuous panorama that pleases bothear and eye. At this vantage-point the fascinating Limabelles promenade on a/efe-day in all their beauty and gayety.The botanical garden par excellence is in the same quarter,near the boulevard made by Henry Meiggs, by razing theold fortifications which once nearly circumvallated the city.The garden fills an ent

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