CHAPTER VI

LIMA AND THE CORDILLERAS

Pleasing Historic Memories--Moorish Churches and Andalusian Art--Pizarro’s Remains in the Cathedral--Transmitted Incidents of the Earthquake--The Palace, or Government Building--General Castilla’s Humor--Decay of the Bull-fight--Cultured Society of the Capital--Foreign Element--San Francisco Monastery--Municipal Progress--Chamber of Commerce--A Trip up the Famous Oroya Railway--Masterwork of Henry Meiggs--Heights and Distances--Little Hell--The Great Galera Tunnel--Around Oroya--Railroad to Cerro de Pasco Mines--American Enterprise in the Heart of the Andes 89