132 Travels and Adventures 



The ladies of Bogota are very rarely seen outside 

 during the middle of the day, and only occasionally 

 in the evening. But on Sunday morning, about the 



LADY IN MANTILLA. 



time of the morning mass, a foreigner taking a stroll in 

 front of the cathedral may get some idea of what sort 

 of people really inhabit this mountain hermitage. 

 Hundreds of women of all ages and every position 

 crowd towards the church. There is the short, clumsy 

 native servant, wearing a dress of all the colours of 



