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CHAPTER V.. Population of Lima--Its Diminution--Different Races of the

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Population of Lima--Its diminution--Different races of the Inhabitants--Their characteristics--Amusements--Education--The Women of Lima--Their Costume--the Saya y Manto--Female domestic life--Love of dress--Beatas--Indians--Slaves--Bosales--Free Creoles--Negroes--Negresses--Black Creoles--Their varieties--Mestizos--Mulattoes--Pelanganas--Zambos--Chinos--Foreigners in Lima--Corruption of the Spanish language 63

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