y be cited as an extraordinary
instance of the latter faculty. An old man, a native of La Pax, in Upper
Peru, and of unmixed Indian blood, who kept an inn at Curicavi, between
Valparaiso and Santiago, could repeat nearly the whole of Robertson's
"History of Charles the Fifth," and was better acquainted with the
History of England than most Englishmen. He spoke of Queen Boadicea, and
was as familiar with the history of the civil wars between the houses
of York and Lancaster as if they had occurred in his country, and in
his own times. He had been brought up by the Jesuits. He had made two
voyages to Canton, and was known by the name of "the emperor of China,"
in consequence frequently of amusing his guests with long stories about
the _celestial empire_.

The Peruvians have great natural talents for painting and sculpture.
They generally produce striking likenesses, but being uninstructed in
the principles of these arts, their pictures have no other merit. There
is, however, a female figure, done in 1711, by a native of Quito, which
is considered as one of the finest paintings in a very good collection
belonging to Mynheer Vandermarlin, of Brussels.

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ORATORIOS.

The first oratorio performed in London, was at the Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatre, in 1732. On June 10, in the same year, the serenata of _Acis
and Galatea_ was performed at the Italian Opera House, in English, by
Italian performers, with scenery representing a rural prospect, with
rocks, groves, fountains, and grottoes; amongst which were disposed a
chorus of nymphs and shepherds, with dresses and "every other decoration
suited to the subject."--_Companion to the Theatres_.

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