What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.

NAYAL AIi) MILITARY INSTITUTE.
machinery by which he undisguisedly enforces the edicts of his
arbitrary will. WVhen bayonets are seen to gleam at the door
of legislative halls, as if to remind representatives that they
have a master, and that the military is the dominant power of
this pseudo-republic, and when grave senators are taklen into
custody until they shall record enactments in conformity to Executive dictation; when an armed soldiery pace the courts of
the Presidential mansion (an anomaly in republican government, wherein the people are supposed to be the shield as well
as the creator of their chief officer), and even, as I have seen,
form, by lying across it, the threshold of this door, that punishment for violated law, and retribution for official cruelty, shall
not reach its occupant; and when cuirassiers with flashing
blade guard his steel-clad coach in its swift transit, that outraged public opinion and private wrong may not avail of an
opportunity of vengeance; it will not be denied that the edLucation and training of such instruments of usurpation, identified
with his fortunes and obedient to his will, evince at least foresight, and considerate preparation to defend despotism.
Lima has also a Museum and a Library. The former, called
the Museum of the College of San Pedro, is situated on the
grounds in the rear of, and belonging to the church of that
name. It consists of a meagre collection of specimens in natmral history-principally in zoology, geology, mineralogy, and
botany; some Indian mummies, implements, and trinkets; but
being few in number, and badly arranged and preselwed, there
is no inducement for the visitor to tarry among them even if his
weary limbs did not compel him to seek a seat elsewhere that
cannot be found in the Museum, unless indeed he may desire to
look at the historical portraits of some of the old Incas and the
Viceroys, that give the walls an historical interest. There
being no Government endowment of the Museum, it is not
likely to have its sphere of usefulness enlarged; for the cultivation of the natural sciences in this Capital, as in many even
larger cities of the United States, is not of that popular character to lead either to the search after specimens, to generous
contributions, or to sufficient bequests to enlarge and enrich it.
An Academy of Design in the same building with the Mu
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