‘I should like to know precisely what portion of each day the beauties of Lima spend in these cages, whence they can look down on everything that passes in the street below, with the pleasing assurance that no upturned eye can penetrate the mysteries of their retreat, or discover if their toilets have been made.’
E. George Squire M.A. F.S.A. Incidents of Travel and Exploration of the Land of the Incas