68 8 The National Geographic Magazine 



A PONCHO WEAVER OF CUZCO 



exception of the few foreign residents 

 (German merchants and British mission- 

 aries). A traveling circus and a theatri- 

 cal company, each composed of Spanish 

 and Peruvian artists, were in the town. 

 The day after our arrival we were 

 greeted Tin Spanish) by a gentleman 

 whom we met in the hotel dining-room, 

 with the startling question, "Do you be- 



long to the circus or the theater?" As 

 the ladies of Cuzco do not wear short 

 skirts, kahki jackets, high boots, and 

 sombreros, I told Mr. Adams it was "up 

 to me." 



We attended both the circus and the 

 theater, but found neither one amusing. 

 The best entertainment afforded us was 

 by the natives themselves on the streets 



