Travels in the equatorial regions of South America, in 1832 / by Adrian R. Terry.

  • Terry, Adrian R. (Adrian Russell), 1808-1864.
Date:
1834
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Credit: Travels in the equatorial regions of South America, in 1832 / by Adrian R. Terry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    of Guayaquil, are made of the different coloured baize of the country manufacture, and their whole dress dis- plays more attention to warmth and comfort, than desire of finery. Quito contains seven convents of friars, and five of nuns ; an hospital; an hospicio, which is an institution resembling our alms houses ; and a college. Beside the church which is attached to each convent, there are seven parochial churches and a cathedral. The library, which formerly belonged to the Jesuits college, contains twelve thousand volumes. In the outskirts of the city we were shown the first church which was erected after the conquest; it is a small plain stone building with a pepperbox tower at one end, gray and moss grown. The public edifices are built either of stone or of burnt brick. I shall enumerate some of the most remarkable. The cathedral is a large stone edifice, with a beautiful porch of white marble, and a terrace with a carved stone balustrade, fronting on the plaza mayor, or princi- pal square and market place ; on the opposite side of the square is the bishop's palace ; one of the other sides is occupied by the government house, and on the fourth is the prison. So that church and state are here in juxta- position, and the means of punishing offences against either within a stone's throw. The church of the Jes- uits is chiefly remarkable for the rich carved and orna- mented front, which is composed of a beautiful buff-co- loured porphyry. The church attached to the convent of the Franciscans, is the most spacious and remarka- ble in the city; in front is an extensive and beautiful terrace of hewn stone with a flight of steps in the mid-