6 DESCRIPTION OF THE RESIDENTS, 



the roof, are suspended cows' udders or tongues, 

 and large pieces of beef undergoing the process 

 of jerking. Some sheds, distinct from the 

 dwellings, are used for cooking, or preparing 

 cheese ; and an extensive range of corrals, or 

 cattle-pens, contain at night the milch-kine and 

 goats. 



The residents consist of about thirty persons, 

 who, together with the occupants of other and 

 similar farms scattered on the contiguous coast, 

 form a motley population of " old country" 

 and creole Spaniards ; Spanish half-castes, or 

 cholos ; and native Indians. Nor does this 

 small community furnish any exception to the 

 rule, that there are but few habitable parts of 

 the world which do not contain a subject of 

 Great Britain or of the United States of America. 

 The creole Spaniards (or those born of parents 

 from the mother-country) do not differ in ap- 

 pearance from their European progenitors : the 

 women, who seldom expose themselves to the 

 sun, have fair and even ruddy complexions. 

 The cholos, also, (when but slightly tinged with 

 Indian blood,) are sufficiently fair ; while their 

 features are rendered more softened, pensive, 

 and pleasing, by an admixture of native traits. 



The costume of the women is neat, and as 

 light as the climate demands. It is comprised 

 in a chemise garment of white cotton, and a 



