264 A VOYAGE TO Book V 



to think that it will not be easy afterwards to prevail 

 on hip!! to work for what he has spent. 



The dress herediííérs from that used in Spain, but 

 less so with the men than of the women. The for- 

 mer, who wear a black cloak, have under it a long 

 coat, reaching down to their knees, with a close sleeve, 

 open at the sides, without folds; and along the seams 

 of the body, as well as those of the sleeves, are but- 

 ton-hole?, and two rows of buttons, for ornament. 

 In every other particular, people of fortune affect great 

 magnificence in their dress, wearing very commonly 

 the finest s-old and silver' tissues. 



The Mestizos in general v/ear blue cloth, manufac- 

 tured in thi«; country. And though the lowest class of 

 Spaniards are very ambitious of distinguishing them- 

 selves from them, either by the colour or fashion of tiie 

 clothes, little difference is to be observed. 



The most singular dress, with regard to its mean- 

 ness, is that of the Indians, which consists only of 

 white cotten drrvvers, made eidier from the stuffs of 

 the couniry, .or from others brought from Europc„ 

 They come down to t!:e calf of the leg, where they 

 han9- loose, and I're edged v/ith a lace suitable to the 

 £tuff. The use of a shirt is supplied by a black cotton 

 frock, wove by the natives. It is made in the form of 

 a sack, with three openings at the bottom, one in the 

 middle for the head, and the others at the corners for 

 the arms, and thus cover their naked bodies down to 

 tiie knees. Over tb.is is a cai^isayo, a kind of serge 

 cloak, having a hole in the middle for putting ttie 

 h-ead through, and a hat, made by the natives. This 

 ■ is their general dress, and which they never lay aside, 

 not even while they sleep. And use has so inured 

 them to the weather, that, without any additional 

 clothing or covering tor their ¡eg'i or feet, they travel 

 in tlie coldest parts with the same readiness as in the 

 warmest. ^ . 



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