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is quick and light, and her grey eyes sparkle with intelligence. She 
wears her silver hair, according to the custom of the country, un- 
covered, and hanging down behind in one large braid; her linen 
shift is gathered up pretty high on her bosom, and its sleeves are 
visible near the wrist : she has a petticoat of white woollen stuff, and 
her gown of coloured woollen is like a close jacket, with a full-plaited 
petticoat attached to it, and fastened with double buttons in front. 
A rosary hangs round her neck, and she always wears the manto or 
shawl, which others only put on when they go out of doors, or in 
cold weather. The dress of the granddaughter is not very different 
from that of a French woman, excepting that the manto supersedes 
all hats, caps, capotes, and turbans. The young people, whether 
they fasten up their tresses with combs, or let them hang down, are 
fond of decorating them with natural flowers, and it is not uncom- 
mon to see a rose or a jonquil stuck behind the ear or through the 
earring. 
Having sat some time in the house, I accepted Joanita’s proposal 
to walk in the garden ; part of it was already planted with potatoes, 
and part was ploughing for barley, to be cut as green meat for the 
cattle. The plough is a very rude implement, suchas the Spaniards 
brought it hither three hundred years ago; a piece of knee timber, 
shod at one end with a flat plate of iron, is the plough, into which 
a long pole is fixed by means of wedges; the pole is made fast to 
the yoke of the oxen, who drag it over the ground so as to do little 
more than scratch the surface.* As to a harrow, I have not seen or 
heard of one. The usual substitute for it being a bundle of fresh 
branches, which is dragged by a horse or ox, and if not heavy enough, 
stones, or the weight of a man or two, is added. The pumpkins, 
lettuces, and cabbages, are attended with more care: ridges being 
formed for them either with the original wooden spades of the 
country, or long-handled iron shovels upon the same plan. The 
* Irecollect a bit of antique mosaic, I think, but am not sure, in the Villa Albani, near 
Rome, representing just such a plough, and so yoked; th ; ie 
as if stung by a gadfly. o y ; ‘ oxen are represented kicking, 
