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frocks of the men, and called anaco. This they fasten 

 on the shoulders with two large pins called tupu, or 

 topo. The only particular in which it differs from the 

 frock is, that it is something longer, reaching down 

 ro the calf of tlie leg, and fastened round the waist 

 with a kind .of girdle. Instead of a veil, they wear 

 about their neck a pi<^ce of the same coarse stufFdyed 

 black, and called Liieiia; but their arms and legs are 

 wholly naked. Such is the habit wi:h whick the low- 

 er class of hidian women are contented. ' 



The caciquesses, or Indianwomen, vvho are married 

 to the alcaldes majors, governors, and others, are 

 careful to distino;uish themselves from the common 

 people by their habits, wlfich is a mixture of the two 

 former, being a petticoat of bays adorned with rib- 

 ' bands ; over this, instead of the anaco, they wear a 

 kind of black mantean, called acso. It is wholly open 

 on one side, plaited from top to bottom, and general- 

 ly fastened round the waist with a girdle. Instead of 

 the scanty LÜelJa which the common Indian women 

 wear hanginp; from their shoulders, these appear in 

 one much fuller, and all over plaited, hanging down 

 from the back part of their head almost to the bot- 

 tom cf the petticoat. This they fasren before with 

 a large silver bodkin, called also tupu, like those 

 used in the anaco. Their head-dress is a piece cf 

 fine linen curiously plaited, and the end hanging down- 

 behind: this they call colla, and is worn both for 

 di^^tlnction and ornament, and to preserve them from 

 the heat of tlie sun; and these ladies, that their supe- 

 riority miay not be calicd in question, never appear 

 abroad without shoes. This dress, togetiier with that 

 imiversaily worn by Indians, men and women, is the 

 same with that used in the time of the Yncas, for 

 the propriety of distinguishing the several classes. 

 The Caciques at present use no other than tliat of the 

 mor€ wealthy Mestizos, namely, the cloak and hat ; 



but 



