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women on the north-western part of Teneriffe. When 

 going any distance from home they all wear mantillas, and 

 indeed the only difference in their habit is the pattern of 

 the nether garment, which is obtained by unravelling 

 English baize, and weaving it anew into stripes of a 

 variety of colors, according to the fashion of the place. 

 This stuif they call el reves y derecho. It is extremely 

 thick and heavy, and so durable that many of their gar- 

 ments descend as heir-looms from mother to daughter, for 

 generations. 



The women of the hamlet of Ycod del Alto are very 

 fond of a mixture of gaudy colors. They wear hats made 

 of straw, ornamented with small scraps of cloth, and their 

 " headgear," and sleeves of home-spun linen, are plaited 

 with the nicest care. Their mantillas are of yellow baize, 

 bordered with blue ribbon. 



At certain seasons of the year, there are fairs held in 

 many parts of these islands, and the women who attend 

 them, ornament their hats with as great a variety of showy 

 ribbons as they are able to obtain at these times. 



In the eastern part of Teneriffe, red and yellow are the 

 predominant colors for the dress of women ; and a pair of 

 silver buckles touching the ground on either side of the 

 foot, is an indispensable requisite to such as wish to be con- 

 sidered bucnas mozas. 



The dress peculiar to the women of Palma, particularly 

 the part called La Punta del Norte, is generally made of 

 blue camlets lined with yellow flannel, and bordered with 

 red cord. All of them have a peculiar way of tying a 

 handkerchief or white cloth over their heads, so that one 

 of the points projects out from under the cheeks, by which 

 they may always be distinguished from those of the other 

 islands. In the neighborhood of Las Sauces, the women 

 wear a cloth cap resembling el montcro which is worn by 

 the men of Fuerteventura. 



The general costume of the countrymen of the Valley of 

 Orotava, consists of a felt hat of Canary manufacture, a 

 pair of black breeches of coarse wool or velvet, with a shirt 

 and calzoncillos, made of domestic linen. They wear the 

 knee part of their small-clothes loose and open, below 

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