110 CANARY ISLANDS. 



which hang their calzoncillos or drawers, three or four 

 inches, leaving the lower part of the legs bare, except in 

 the colder season, when they wear long stockings, with 

 shoes. Many of them, such as wood-cutters, herdsmen, 

 and muleteers, wear a coarse English blanket doubled over 

 a piece of cord by which it is fastened round the neck. 

 This serves as a cloak, and defends them against the fre- 

 quent showers that fall on the more elevated regions, and 

 also protects them against the cold. 



The winter dress of the men of Lanzarote consists of a 

 long coat of blue cloth, reaching nearly or quite to their 

 feet, which they wear over their ordinary garments. It is 

 lined throughout with red baize, and the seams, pocket- 

 holes, and cuffs are trimmed with the same color. Instead 

 of a hat, they wear a kind of cap which they call 

 el montero. 



The natives of Fuerteventura are known in the Canaries 

 by the nameof ios Majoreros, ^xomiheix formerly wearing 

 a kind of sandals called los majos, which were bound on 

 their feet by thongs. Their dress in warm weather is limi- 

 ted to a shirt, and a pair of very wide, short calzoncillos, 

 confined round the waist by a parti-colored sash, and some- 

 times they wear a blue cloth waistcoat scalloped round the 

 back. On holiday occasions, however, the better sort 

 wear a cloth jacket and small-clothes with coarse leggins. 

 The use of hats is entirely disregarded by them, a sub- 

 stitute for which they wear a cap called el montero. It is 

 made of blue cloth, lined with red or yellow stuff, and is 

 so constructed that the lower part of it, when loosely put 

 on, hangs behind the head ; but they can draw it, at pleas- 

 ure, over the lower part of the face, in such a manner as 

 to leave only the eyes and nose visible, much in the way 

 of the ancient viziers. In the latter fashion, it is used in 

 the whiter, or on any occasion when the wearer chooses 

 to disguise himself, which is, unfortunately, too often the 

 case. 



The dress of the sea-faring men of these islands consists 

 of a cloth montero, a shirt of colored baize, and a pair of 

 wide linen calzoncillos, confined round the waist by a 

 broad, red sash, the folds of which serve for pockets. In 

 the stormy or cooler weather, they wear a long, thick 



