258 A VOYAGE TO Book VIII. 



onri of Sf. Jiian de Dios, and five colleges of Jefuits, 

 namely, St. Michael, the Noviciate, St. Paul, St. Xa- 

 vier, a college for iludentb, who wear a brown cloak, 

 and a red fcarf, and the coliege, called La OHeria, for 

 the exercifes of St. Ignatius. Here are alfo four nun- 

 neries, two of St. Clare, two of Auguftines, and one of 

 Carmelites, and a religious fifterhood, under the rules 

 of St. Auguftine. All which have a large number of 

 reclufes, as is common in all the cities of Fcru. The 

 churches of the convents, befides being very fpacious, 

 are built either of ¡jrick or none, and thofe of the Je- 

 fuits are diíiir!guiíhed by the beauty of their architec- 

 ture. The pariih churches are in every rcfpedl greatly 

 interior to t'lem, 



Thf inhabitants of Santiago are computed at about 

 four thoufand families, and of thefe nearly one half 

 are Spaniards of all degrees ; and among them fome 

 very eminent both for rank and opulence. The other 

 moiety confiils of Cáíls and Indians, but chiefly of the 

 latter. 



The cuftoms here differ very little from thofe al- 

 ready mentioned in our account of large cities. They 

 are not fo negligent in the care of their apparel as at 

 Concepción ; and inllead of the oflentation of Lima, 

 they follow the raodefl: decency of Quito. The men, 

 except on fome particular ceremonies, generally wear 

 ponchos, and all .the families who can any way afford 

 it, keep a calaih for driving about the city. The men 

 are robuit, of a proper llature, well ihaped, and of a 

 good air. The women have all the charms of thofe of 

 Peru, and are rather more remarkabrt for the delicacy 

 of their features, and the finenels of their complexions! 

 but they disfigure their natural beauty by a mifplaced 

 art, painting theinfelves in fuch a prepoilerous manner, 

 flh not only to fpoil the natural delicacy of their ikin, 

 but even their teeth; fo that it is very rare to ice a wo- 

 man here of any age with a good fct. 



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