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boddice and tbe red cape being peculiarly becoming to the 

 young girls ; they wear the same carapu^a as the men. 

 With a great many, that substitute for the mantilla, a hand- 

 kerchief, is the popular head-dress. 



BEAUTY. 



You must not look for many pretty faces in Madeira after 

 the age of thirteen, amongst the upper classes inertness, 

 and amongst the lower hard work, reduce the standard of 

 beauty. The upper class of women are hardly ever seen in 

 the streets, save on their road to mass or when going to 

 pay a visit; on these occasions all the jewels, plate, and 

 ribbons of apparently very ancient families are to be seen 

 in full display. The ladies generally live on their bal- 

 conies watching passers-by. The English ladies going to 

 church draw forth many fair beholders and critics, and on 

 Sundays the balconies are lined with native fashion. The 

 glory of the Madeira women are their hair, which is of the 

 richest growth and blackest hue, and their eyes, which are 

 dark and bright. 



MANUFACTUEES. 



The manufactures of Madeira are as follows : candles ; 

 shoes ; straw-hats ; baskets, of every shape ; chairs, of straw 

 and wicker-work ; ladies' ornamental chains made of horse- 

 hair ; all sorts of woodwork, in which the joiners are very 

 expert, especially in inlaid work of various woods, superior to 

 that produced at Tunbridge : they have an advantage in the 

 diversity and beauty of the many kinds of wood grown on the 

 island, but they add to this a superior skill and taste in the 

 art of marquetry, and construct ornamental chairs, tables, 

 chessboards, paper-cutters, card-cases, book-racks, walking- 



